In Henri Nouwen's book, Reaching Out, he writes about the three spiritual movements from loneliness to solitude, from hostility to hospitality, and from illusion to prayer. This concept of inward spiritual movements have deeply influenced my faith in recent years. In particular, I've begun to consider whether there might also be a spiritual movement from perfection to … [Read more...] about The Spiritual Movement from Perfection and Righteousness to Health and Well-Being
Archives for August 2020
Who (or What) Are We Worshiping?: A Short-Form Series on Christian Worship
Last month, I wrote about how worship is bigger than music and encompasses our whole life. This understanding is encapsulated in this description by Harold Best: “Worship is the continuous outpouring of all that I am, all that I do and all that I can ever become in light of a chosen or choosing god.” One of the key implications of this description is that we are always … [Read more...] about Who (or What) Are We Worshiping?: A Short-Form Series on Christian Worship
Why Do I Support the Black Lives Matter Movement?
Why do I support the Black Lives Matter movement? The full answer is far more complicated than this, but in the interest of brevity my perspective distills down to four reasons: A decade ago, I read Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" for the first time. It wrecked me. As a white man who was in his mid-20s at the time and wrote a blog entitled "Musings of a … [Read more...] about Why Do I Support the Black Lives Matter Movement?
