John Mark Comer Teachings Active and Passive Spirituality | Naming Your Stage of Your Apprenticeship E5
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Oct 7, 2022 AI Snips
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Personal Encounter With Suffering
- John Mark Comer shares a personal moment discussing his wife's chronic illness and a prayer she offered earlier in her journey.
- He uses this story to introduce wrestling with suffering and where God is amid painful seasons.
Active To Passive Shift In Apprenticeship
- Jesus contrasts active verbs in youth with passive verbs in old age to illustrate a spiritual shift.
- Comer interprets this as apprenticeship becoming more passive deeper on the journey.
Ancient Categories Reframe Formation
- Active and passive spirituality are ancient categories from writers like St. John of the Cross and Teresa of Ávila.
- Comer notes modern readers may misunderstand 'passive' and stresses the categories' spiritual formation value.