It is the deepest sense of belonging and participation in which we participate at all time. One might say that spiritual is the realm of human experience which religion attempts to connect us to through dogma and practice. Sometimes it succeeds and sometimes it fails.
Religion is a bridge to the spiritual, the spiritual lies beyond religion.
Unfortunately, in seeking the spiritual we may become attached to the bridge rather than crossing over it. The windows are not the light, only where the light shines through, it is refracted through a myriad of windows, each distinct, each different. In our diverse world, we should search our soul and give these quotations some serious thoughts. In 1942, Jordan, along with another couple, started Koinonia Partners as an intentional Christian community in Americus, Ga., to experiment in farming, community living, and to promote racial justice in the rural south. To make scripture relevant today, Jordan translated most of the New Testament from Greek or Aramic into a Southern culture vernacular using local geographic presenting Jesus living in a familiar setting.