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Discerning the Spirits, Practicing the Faiths: Why Be Lutheran?
Author(s) -
Stortz Martha
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/1540-6385.00097
Subject(s) - worship , prayer , faith , saint , perception , aesthetics , psychology , religious studies , sociology , social psychology , theology , philosophy , art , art history , neuroscience
Some spiritual wanderers today are “unstuck” in their faith, therefore, they have many faiths; while others are securely “stuck” in their tradition. Getting stuck is desirable, and the path is through spiritual practice. One’s inner life and even perception of reality become transformed through daily habits such as prayer, worship, and discipline. The Lutheran insight that a practicing Christian is simultaneously saint and sinner offers comfort and honest self–understanding.