On October 16, 2024 an Eston College student Zoomed me in to discuss Spiritual Theology. Five Questions – with bullet point answers was what I was prepared to talk about.
1. How do you balance living a spiritual life knowing that God is both transcendent and immanent? (Big but here)
Ecclesiastes – Fear God and Obey His commandments. I am not deistic where God is without person – but God is not also a friend to manipulate.
2. Why does God being immanent matter? And how is that part of your daily living?
Presence is the present God gives. I have grace for each day from a present God. God is a friend for counsel and able to take me through.
3. How would you say you imagination informs or plays into your spirituality?
God is the creator and I am made in God’s image. Hope comes with seeing (visualization) of a situation – where I move towards an end through creativity.
4. How has you current called affected your spirituality?
Called has called me to serve my family and wife. I’m also called to work with churches. There has been a transition of place and habits, an new season that calls me to be closer to God.
5. How has prayer impacted how you live spiritually?
Pray at all times – live in the atmosphere of prayer (easier said than done). Learn God’s prompts as God places thoughts in my mind of what God sees. Dialogue is prayer. In the good Anglican tradition – Worship is prayer.