Spirituality – Page 2

The “Work” of Lutheran Spirituality

Posted onJanuary 23, 2012January 23, 20123 Comments

Within Christianity I have learned that there are three realms to spirituality. Our connection to God. Our connection to others. Our connection to ourselves. If we only have one or two of the three, our spirituality is missing something. This article is primarily about the first realm. Recently, I have come across several people who identify themselves as “spiritual.” However, when prompted further, they couldn’t identity what makes them so. I understand that within various Read More …

Liberal Legalism

Posted onJanuary 2, 2012January 3, 2012Leave a comment

On this New Year’s day I only have one thing on my mind. I admit it’s kind of random for the first post of the year–legalism. I have been kicking this idea around in my head so I decided to write on it. If your looking for definitions on legalism you can find it here, here, and here, so I won’t offer a definition beyond these. I became very familiar with legalism when I attended a Read More …

Medical Ethics (CPE Week #8)

Posted onAugust 3, 2011August 13, 2012Leave a comment

I wonder if anyone has ever read the Hippocratic Oath. Here is the text, just in case you haven’t. I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods, and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfill according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant: To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in Read More …