Jill is reading a book called “Wicca’s Charm” by Catherine Edwards Sanders. Wicca is a religion that is often associated with Witchcraft, but is much broader than that – having an appeal to people with a stress on the supernatural and an ability to let you make up your own religion. A younger generation has embraced this approach – I remember a 20 something talking about her own background where one phase included being a Wiccan.
Sanders gives the following quote:
Wiccans and orthodox Christians may both agree that the supernatural exists, but I learned from my conversations with Wiccans that, in their experience, many churches ignore the reality of an unseen world. Church becomes another boring social exercise, and in our busy lives, who has time for that? Churches that don’t encourage all the “basics” – forgiveness of sins, a relationship with Christ, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit – quickly lose people to alternative religions that do offer supernatural experiences.(p.23)
I can attest to the “charm”…so easy to get into and almost impossible to get out of.