Just Breathe

In his book Dwell: Life with God for the World, Barry Jones gives an image for holding the tension between inner spiritual growth and outward mission: breathing. “There is a rhythm of life that pulses through the biblical vision of what it means to be human. A kind of breathing in and breathing out. An inhale and an exhale. The breathing is our participation in the divine life. The breathing out, our participation in the divine mission” (Barry Jones, Dwell: Life with God for the World) Our sp...