Always On2020 Book of the Year Award, Academy of Parish Clergy Many of us are "always on" scrolling through social media, checking email, or searching the web. New media spaces can be sites and instruments of God's unconditional love, but they can also nurture harmful conditions and become sources of anxiety, jealousy, and despondency. Always On provides useful tools for helping students and congregants understand the world of social media and engage it
the spiritual sense gradually became marginalized in favor of the literal sense
providing insight into his theological development as it relates to Scripture
The articles are authored by leading scholars
Drawing from Christian spirituality
we learn to read Scripture more attentively and love God and the world well
• religion and superstition
we do commonplace things and interact with ordinary people without giving them much thought
and diagrams incorporated throughout the text to engage his readers
the idea of "the psalmist
but also why they make certain choices
and ecclesiology
Part 2 explores theological and philosophical issues related to effectual calling