Introduction
It’s long been in my heart to utilize the power of social media as a tool to bridge the gap between perception and reality of the spiritual life of a pastor. Sermons are by far the most polished expression of my spirituality, they are the result of concentrated effort spent crafting days, months, and sometimes years of relational history into a 45-minute message. In preparation I have the benefit of hindsight to clearly gaze back upon the file vault of lessons learned, scriptures studied, sermons preached and testimonies lived. God’s wisdom weaves it’s way through my imagination, animating small portions of His Word made flesh in my life story, and ultimately communicates a specific message to the unique audience before me.
All of this is beautiful, but it falls short in displaying the depth of weakness, struggle, insecurity, questioning, disturbance, inconsistency, and frailty I often experience in my walk with God. As humans, we are good at “connecting the dotted lines” and piecing stories together based on fragments of information. When it comes to spirituality this gets us in trouble. For example, If one were to paint a picture of my spiritual life based on my preaching alone I fear it would be far to grandiose, dehumanized and clean-cut. There is more between the dotted lines than appears on stage! If this err is not corrected, we’re tempted into leaving the spiritual depths to the “chosen few” and forfeit what God has in store for us.
I’d like to start posting here weekly disclosing the nuts and bolts of being a spiritual person in a modern world, deconstructing the perceptions of any sort of a “super spirituality”. My hope is this will foster relatability between the pulpit and the pew.
Jesus’ spirituality is not reserved for the spiritual giant, His is a child’s Kingdom. I am passionate about equipping the church to bear abundant, tangible, Kingdom fruitfulness in the marketplace of American culture. This is how the Kingdom comes. To do this we must have a spirituality that is both mysteriously dynamic and mundanely disciplined, spontaneously vibrant and consistently ordinary.
Abounding in hope,
Jordan