Spitfire Grill has had a hard time of it. Castle Rock has been castigated for buying it and Disney, who initially showed interest in it, dropped it like a hot potato. That s why you haven t seen Spitfire Grill . It is not an easy time to be a Christian. More and more, we are hearing that Christian leaders may as well get used to rejection, because the dominant culture has turned hostile to Christianity.
Religion is out especially if it s Christian.
Thirty years ago, the word, spirituality, wasn t even part of our common vocabulary. You can buy books on the spirituality of cooking, the spirituality of motorcycle riding, the spirituality of sex, the spirituality of surfing, the spirituality of anything you can think of and yet there is still widespread misunderstanding about what it actually means. Let s first talk about what spirituality isn t . For many people, the term, spirituality, conjures up images of something paranormal, or mystical, or churchy, or holy, or pious, or otherworldly, New Age, something on the fringes in other words, something optional. Rarely, is spirituality understood as referring to something vital and non-negotiable lying at the heart of our lives.