One of the most important problems facing the church in America today is that people are more interested in spirituality than ever before, and we don't know what to do about it. More and more people are talking about and quoting stats about how many churches are closing, dying, etc. I think we will continue to see a paradox in the time that we live in: on one hand, we will see the largest churches in history and churches grow larger and larger. And on the other hand, we will see churches close and die at a rapid pace.
Brian McLaren has a new article on the new kind of conversation website about spiritual formation in a postmodern context. This could be one of the keys we need in the time in which we are living.
21st century spiritual formation
And here is an interview with Dallas Willard and Richard Foster also on the same topic.
The Making of the Christian: Richard J. Foster and Dallas Willard on the difference between discipleship and spiritual formation
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