and by serving in the church. We will begin to regard these spiritual exercises as we regard physical exercise. Every second day I go for a run for about an hour. Afterward, I feel a sense of achievement. I feel satisfied that I am keeping myself fit, and I feel really good physically. I have made the mistake of treating my “spiritual health” in the same way. The idea of spiritual health is not particularly helpful because it makes it sound as though we can make ourselves spiritually healthy by doing
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