Tuesday; August 19
A while back we talked about what has been called the spiritual “nones”. These are people who may or may not be opposed to religion, but they just aren’t involved. When asked about their religious preference, the answer is “none”. The other day, I heard someone refer to the spiritual “dones”. These are people who have been involved in organized religion but are no longer active (or as active as they used to be). In essence, they admit that religion has been an important part of our lives, but they are “done with it”. They haven’t, necessarily, lost their spiritual nature, they are just done with being active members of a church. While most of us can fathom having our spiritual commitment stretched to a limit, but is it excusable to fade off into the religious sunset? Again, it is understandable to be weary; but is that enough to stop doing what we are called to do? As I was thinking about this the other day, I came across some guidance Pau...