The Morning Read
My newest endeavor for reading is “Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places” by Eugene Peterson; tag line, A Conversation in Spiritual Theology. Although I am only 20 pages into Peterson’s work, this book is going to be quite intrusive.
Already, I am challenged on this spiritual imprecision: elitism. Spirituality is not an adjective (i.e., mood, trait, desire or an accomplishment); it is not a body of secret lore; it has nothing to do with aptitude and temperament; it is not about you or I and personal enrichment or power. But spirituality IS about God.
As shown in comparing and contrasting John’s account of Nicodemus & The Woman at the Well, spirituality is gender neutral; it converses in everyday language; it happens geographically anywhere; it is not preferential to racial background, moral record or religious identity; spirituality doesn’t discern personality or social status. The person, in their spirituality, is only the participant, the primary figure in both (and our) stories is Jesus.
This is my challenge: reassess my connection of spirituality and theology. Scrape out the false assumption and imprecision; clear and level the playing field.
“Perpetual vigilance is required in all matter of spirituality.” E. Peterson
