Distancing Ourselves from Love

In almost every aspect of life we are creating distance.  It's a disturbingly seamless progression.  The pendulum of modern convenience has swung wide.

• Processed foods are only food in the sense that we eat it.
• Online communication is not a substitute for company.
• We have more gadgets imaginable for containing babies.
• Children's lives are structured, scheduled from dawn to dusk.
• Many of us do not or cannot eat family meals.
• Together time is watching TV.

The Soul and the Spirit Part 2

Spirit can be used to mean the spirit given us by God that animates us, houses our inner-motives and emotional expression.

In the New Testament, the spirit "is the realm where relations between God and a human being can take place (Philippians 3:3)."  It is "that aspect of human personality or self through which these relations are possible (http://www.gci.org/spiritual/soulspirit)."