Being spiritual and being religious are both part of being in relationship with God. Neither can be fully realized without the other. Religion without spirituality becomes a dry list of dogmatic statements divorced from the life of the spirit. This is what Jesus warned against. Spirituality without religion can become a self-centered complacency divorced from the wisdom of a community.
That's what I'm warning against.
Rev. James Martin, S.J., writes In Defense of Religion on Huffington Post. I'm a fan of commenter MHeister. -gw
Or is that you've never stopped to listen? From the Baha'i Writings: "Love Me (God), that I may love thee. If thou lovest Me not, My love can in know wise reach thee."
You caught me. :)
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