by Rev. Donna Schaper, Senior Minister, Judson Memorial Church (NYC)
If one more person says to me that they have ignored or ill-attended their spiritual life, I will scream. I will scream softly, but I will nevertheless scream. Why? Because it is not a big deal to find a spiritual way. Visit a worshipping congregation — more than once — and be open to the people there (most of whom think they have ignored their spiritual life), to the music (none of which is perfect but most of which is beautiful and touches one of the demographics in the room), look at the light in the windows (even though some days it will be foggy). Listen to the sermons but don’t use the preacher as your spiritual surrogate. Become your own person. Enjoy a couple of hours a week attending to your inner life so that your outer life will have vigor and matter to at least one more person than you.
If you are church-shopping or in spiritual life deficit, come check us out… We welcome you with your own joys and your own limits.
[Though written for Judson Church in NYC, this reflection is appropriate for us here at the Sunshine Cathedral. “Come check us out… We welcome you with your own joys and your own limits.”]
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August 1st, 2010 - 1:02 pm
i think that spiritual life is much more important compared to our earthly life.`”;