We
preachers cannot get around the central Christian claim that, when we look at
the life and teachings of this Jew from Nazareth who was born of a woman, lived
briefly, died violently, and rose unexpectedly, we have seen as much of God as
we ever hope to see.
The
current age is a particular challenge for preaching a particular God who is
manifest to us in Jesus the Christ. For some time now, we have been in the mire
of something called "spirituality," which in my experience tends to
be decidedly anti-traditionalist, anti-institutional, amorphous, vague and
therefore undemanding…
Spirituality
is what I feel when I feel better than I did before I felt it. It is a big,
accommodating basket into which I can put almost anything I want to feel about
the "higher power," or "spiritual force," or "my own
little voice," or whatever I call whatever it is that makes me feel
better.
The
trouble is, Jesus is demanding. He is not infinitely pliable.
--
Will Willimon in Leadership Journal, Winter 2002
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