FAQ

What is the Gospel?

Jesus proclaimed a gospel of the Kin-dom of God, not a system of guilt and escape.

He taught that life is God-filled, that the Spirit already breathes within us, and that the Kin-dom is present here and now. We are born in original blessing, not original sin. Grace is not a reward for belief, but the ground of existence itself.

Yet we become distracted, wounded, afraid. We lose sight of the Light within us and the way of love it calls us to walk.

Jesus calls us to repent, to change our minds, to turn back toward life.
To receive the Spirit.
To live as children of God.
To bear fruit in love, justice, mercy, and healing.

Salvation is not rescue from hell.
It is restoration to aliveness.

The invitation is simple:
Look up.
See the Light.
Turn toward it.
Walk the way of love.

The Kin-dom is already among you.

What is atonement?

Atonement is not about appeasing an angry God or paying off inherited guilt (Ezekiel 18:20; Hosea 6:6). It is the mending of a breach in relationship. In the biblical tradition, atonement means repairing what has been broken so that trust, connection, and covenant can be restored (Leviticus 16:30; Psalm 85:10). For Christopagans, this means returning to right relationship with one another, with the Earth, and with the One Life we all share (Micah 6:8; John 17:21; Colossians 1:17). Atonement is not achieved through ritual words or symbolic sacrifice alone, but through changed minds, honest accountability, and actions that demonstrate repair (Isaiah 1:16–17; Matthew 3:8; James 2:17). When we acknowledge harm, make amends, and live differently, we participate in at-one-ment: the restoration of unity, justice, and shared belonging (2 Corinthians 5:18–20; Matthew 5:23–24).

What is Sitra Achra or the Otherside?

The sitra achra, “the other side,” is not a category of people but a way of dividing the world. It emerges whenever we collapse living complexity into rigid binaries and define ourselves over against an enemy. It is the habit of turning difference into separation and separation into moral superiority. Most lines we draw are crossable, because people can change and redemption is real. The danger is not that others exist, but that we adopt the imperial instinct that says only our side contains truth and all others are evil. The sitra achra is the mindset of division that obstructs light and fractures communion. We resist it not by creating new enemies, but by practicing discernment, setting necessary boundaries, and refusing to dehumanize.