Reeling from rather too much talk of and reading about 'spirituality' - "I'm a spiritual person" makes me tired.
So good to remember Rowan Williams saying in the summer that true spirituality involves action and working for social justice. Know he was always bold and brave but this was particularly good to hear.
Speaking at the Edinburgh Book Festival in August he said that the word 'spiritual' was frequently misused - either to mean "unworldly and useless' or 'I'm serious about my inner life, I want to cultivate my sensibility'.
“The last thing it is about is the placid hum of a well-conducted meditation ....
"Speaking from the Christian tradition, the idea that being spiritual is just about having nice experiences is rather laughable. Most people who have written seriously about the life of the spirit in Christianity and Judaism spend a lot of their time telling you how absolutely bloody awful it is."
"Speaking from the Christian tradition, the idea that being spiritual is just about having nice experiences is rather laughable. Most people who have written seriously about the life of the spirit in Christianity and Judaism spend a lot of their time telling you how absolutely bloody awful it is."
