A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

The contemplative and mystic tradition is a lifelong spiritual journey for what is true of you theologically. You are in Christ, the language of Colossians 3, your life is hidden with Christ in God. Accepting the scandal of his hiddenness, that's a whole teaching right there. In Luther's dark night in 1527, when he felt most forsaken by God, ironically, he was also in prison as a monk for reform,. He wrote his most famous hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.