Sublime

But this prodding would no longer come from a set-apart holy man, consecrated by enchanted oil or a Yale degree. Rather, Henry’s prodding was done as “one of us.” Henry threw off any sense that he was a class above or beyond, as so many clergy embodied.

radical simplification.

According to Christ, our neighbors are gifts to us, and our relationship to them must be carefully stewarded. This stewarding is impossible without the Holy Spirit’s ongoing work of transformation within us.

Corresponding to each of these relationships are four types of relational poverty: a poverty of spiritual intimacy (with God); a poverty of being (with self); a poverty of community (with others); and a poverty of stewardship (with creation).