Spiritual is the adjective for spirit, the Latin spiritus , which originally meant breath. As a result, being spiritual is hot and being religious is not. Only 8 percent say they are only religious. In an article that ran with the poll, authors Elizabeth Lesser and Huston Smith shared their thoughts. Spirituality is about what we do with our desires, longings and restlessness, wrote Lesser, author of The Seeker's Guide.
Religion is organized, institutionalized spirituality .
Of course, religion can turn into a monster truck that runs all over those spiritual truths and people. Editor or not, I'm with them. Faith Matters runs on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.