Articles by Farrell Graves
Farrell Graves earned a BA majoring in religion. He planned to take a PhD, however, he felt constrained by rigid teachings where the Bible was used as a rulebook not as an introduction to how the Holy Spirit works in our lives. Discouraged, he turned to Buddhism and received a master’s degree in Buddhist studies; then he went on toward a PhD. where he met an Episcopal priest who introduced him to the very tenets he had found missing in his studies. After gaining his PhD., he attended General Theological Seminary to study for the Episcopal priesthood, and graduated in 2010.
by Farrell Graves
Both American and Japanese hospitality assume that there is a distance that must be bridged, the only difference being from which shore the bridge is to be built. In Christian hospitality, there is nothing to bridge since it starts with mutual identification.
