Lately I have read several books that have discussed the growing disenchantment with religion and yet maintain a heightened interest in being “spiritual.” In fact, we live in an area with a large population who express an interest in being spiritual, meaning concerned with deeper things than mere materialism, and desiring to live meaningful lives that make the world a better place. It’s just that many people do not think of church when they consider these things.
Do you wonder what it would be like to be unemployed, evicted from your home, sleeping under a bridge somewhere and reduced to asking strangers if they could spare a couple of dollars so you could eat?
We have all kinds of freedom, and we take for granted that we are free to choose for ourselves, to act as we please, think as we please. In fact we have come to define freedom as the ability to do what you want to do. If someone or something constrains your actions, we consider it an abrogation of our freedom.