Virtual Spirituality
Why talk about spirituality? ‘Why spirituality?’ I’ve heard that response a number of times as I’ve explained the purpose of the Big E forum on youth ministry in September. Young people are growing up in an environment that allows for ‘spirituality’ at the same time as it ignores organised religion. Each person is encouraged to explore their own ‘spirituality’. Schools, hospitals and medical centres are being encouraged to consider the spiritual well being and development of young people. In response to these trends we could take the line that the only spirituality worth talking about is the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of Christians. I appreciate the concern that we don’t be come so caught up in the general vagueness of spirituality that we lose our distinctive Christian perspective. But there’s more to it than that. Another approach, which I find more helpful, is to recognise that
