Gary, thank you. Not sure you saw that I published my book, Birthing the Symbiotic Age this year and you can find a link to it on my Substack home page.
Interesting question. Alan Hirsch, co-founder of the Missional Church Movement, who wrote a blurb on my book's back cover. Of all writers today, I hold him in high esteem for how he contextualizes Christian spirituality in action. So, the spirituality is also rooted in community.
A question - you wrote "..We begin by recognizing a spiritual and relational coherence in which people already participate across differences of belief, identity, sector, or ideology.."
What would you say is the spiritual and relational coherence which people already participate in?
Thank you. You’ve actually landed on the question that opens Part Two: if this deeper coherence already exists, what is it, and where does it come from?
Part One takes me as far as recognizing that the relationship precedes the network. Part Two is where I tell the much more personal story of how I came to understand what that underlying coherence might actually be. I’d love to hear what you think after you read it.
This makes so much sense to me!
Thank you for your writings Richard. Can you recommend a book or two that express your spiritual values? I'm seeking to broaden my own horizons.
Gary, thank you. Not sure you saw that I published my book, Birthing the Symbiotic Age this year and you can find a link to it on my Substack home page.
Your book is on the top of my list! I meant other books, perhaps on Christian spirituality.
Interesting question. Alan Hirsch, co-founder of the Missional Church Movement, who wrote a blurb on my book's back cover. Of all writers today, I hold him in high esteem for how he contextualizes Christian spirituality in action. So, the spirituality is also rooted in community.
https://www.alanhirsch.org/about
Thank you very much for this. It resonates here.
A question - you wrote "..We begin by recognizing a spiritual and relational coherence in which people already participate across differences of belief, identity, sector, or ideology.."
What would you say is the spiritual and relational coherence which people already participate in?
Thank you. You’ve actually landed on the question that opens Part Two: if this deeper coherence already exists, what is it, and where does it come from?
Part One takes me as far as recognizing that the relationship precedes the network. Part Two is where I tell the much more personal story of how I came to understand what that underlying coherence might actually be. I’d love to hear what you think after you read it.