This is amazing! Nobody talks about this. If you do you aren’t allowed at prayer group. Most days I feel like the battered bastards of Bastogne. Fighting for my life to stay close to Jesus. The most annoying thing is the churches around me are silent on this. I’ve gone to church my whole life and I feel betrayed. I know Jesus has put up provisions for me along the way. I’ve had really good guides to help me navigate spiritual realities. But I still feel like I’m on my back foot. These things are ancient, bigger, and more practiced than I.
I loved this!!! Beautiful, breathtaking writing! It popped up in my inbox, what an unexpected blessing! It brought to mind a conversation I needed to remember. A few years ago my husband and I were in Barnes and Noble searching for a copy of Captivating for a friend. As it turns out, the store had done away with most of its Christian authors section. It had been replaced with a very large and eye catching display of books on spirituality and the occult. Shamanism, new age ideology, witchcraft, you name it, it was represented. We talked about how much sense it made, especially for our area (northwestern Maine). Holy Spirit has, in many churches around us, been eliminated from all discussion. We are spiritual beings and oh, how ravenous we are! The church hasn’t fulfilled its role in offering the deep spiritual food we all desperately crave, whether we know it or not and the enemy makes his move to supplant it. A deep, fresh outpouring of Holy Spirit is the cry of my heart each day. Thank you for writing all of this. It filled me with fresh wonder and excitement for what our Father in heaven is going to do. Carmichael’s ‘Holy Spirit’ is going up on our wall. It feels like a prayer and a battle cry. ❤️
Can you comment on streams of liberal Christianity? I know of Dr. Pete Enns of The Bible for Normal People, author Sarah Bessey of Evolving Faith, and Tim Whitaker of The New Evangelicals... and others! I have encountered these people and am wrestling with what to think of them. Can we call them brothers and sisters? What are your thoughts??
This is amazing! Nobody talks about this. If you do you aren’t allowed at prayer group. Most days I feel like the battered bastards of Bastogne. Fighting for my life to stay close to Jesus. The most annoying thing is the churches around me are silent on this. I’ve gone to church my whole life and I feel betrayed. I know Jesus has put up provisions for me along the way. I’ve had really good guides to help me navigate spiritual realities. But I still feel like I’m on my back foot. These things are ancient, bigger, and more practiced than I.
I loved this!!! Beautiful, breathtaking writing! It popped up in my inbox, what an unexpected blessing! It brought to mind a conversation I needed to remember. A few years ago my husband and I were in Barnes and Noble searching for a copy of Captivating for a friend. As it turns out, the store had done away with most of its Christian authors section. It had been replaced with a very large and eye catching display of books on spirituality and the occult. Shamanism, new age ideology, witchcraft, you name it, it was represented. We talked about how much sense it made, especially for our area (northwestern Maine). Holy Spirit has, in many churches around us, been eliminated from all discussion. We are spiritual beings and oh, how ravenous we are! The church hasn’t fulfilled its role in offering the deep spiritual food we all desperately crave, whether we know it or not and the enemy makes his move to supplant it. A deep, fresh outpouring of Holy Spirit is the cry of my heart each day. Thank you for writing all of this. It filled me with fresh wonder and excitement for what our Father in heaven is going to do. Carmichael’s ‘Holy Spirit’ is going up on our wall. It feels like a prayer and a battle cry. ❤️
Can you comment on streams of liberal Christianity? I know of Dr. Pete Enns of The Bible for Normal People, author Sarah Bessey of Evolving Faith, and Tim Whitaker of The New Evangelicals... and others! I have encountered these people and am wrestling with what to think of them. Can we call them brothers and sisters? What are your thoughts??