Flash Forward
The sermon this week has the title, "What's Your Story?" and the texts are Psalm 105:1-6, I Corinthians 15:1-5, John 3:16,17. As I have mentioned on a number of occasions in sermons and in conversations, the word spirituality appears everywhere. But what does it mean?
In the field of psychology religion and spirituality were seen as a big negative during the last century, but somewhere in the late 70's that began to change. Now "being spiritual" is seen as a good thing, and many people think of themselves as spiritual but not religious. Religions are bad, but spirituality is good. In our current climate all spiritualities are of equal value, just so long as one "floats your boat." I find the current usage almost meaningless, but I don't have an alternative word to use.
So in Sunday's sermon I want to explore this "in" term and see how the Christian faith intersects it and what a genuine Christian spirituality might look like.
In the field of psychology religion and spirituality were seen as a big negative during the last century, but somewhere in the late 70's that began to change. Now "being spiritual" is seen as a good thing, and many people think of themselves as spiritual but not religious. Religions are bad, but spirituality is good. In our current climate all spiritualities are of equal value, just so long as one "floats your boat." I find the current usage almost meaningless, but I don't have an alternative word to use.
So in Sunday's sermon I want to explore this "in" term and see how the Christian faith intersects it and what a genuine Christian spirituality might look like.
posted by UCC Medfield at 6:29 AM
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