The most significant religious events recounted in the Bible do not occur in ‘temples made with hands.’ The most important religion in that book is unorganized and is sometimes profoundly disruptive of organization. From Abraham to Jesus, the most important people are not priests but shepherds, soldiers, property owners, workers, housewives, queens and kings, manservants and maidservants, fishermen, prisoners, whores, even bureaucrats. The great visionary encounters did not take place in temples but in sheep pastures, in the desert, in the wilderness, on mountains, on the shores of rivers and the sea, in the middle of the sea, in prisons…. Religion, according to this view, is less to be celebrated in rituals than practiced in the world.

Wendell Berry
Source: The Art of the Commonplace
In a time where kronos drives a lot of our actions and choices, we have apps and appliances and smart phones making everything more efficient and more organised, get more things done..  What does it mean to think of religious events that are disruptive of organisation?
Who are the important people in your experience of religion?
Have you ever had a “visionary encounter”? Where were you when it happened?
“Religion is less to be celebrated in rituals than practiced in the world” – Discuss. What role has ritual played in your faith practice and experience?  Where do you find and practice religion?