Longest Journey: Notes on Christian Maturity – Vintage Book

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Conversion is a unique and life-giving experience. But what comes next? asks John Dalrymple. How can the Christian attain maturity, and what exactly is it anyway? Whether we are confronting problems in our own spiritual life, or in the parish, or in the world at large, the  transition must be made from ‘outer religion’ to ‘inner faith’. ‘The journey inwards is the journey from the issues of this world towards God. It is a journey towards the mind of Christ, beyond feelings of expediency or fear of what people will say, to truth itself. It is followed by the journey outwards back from the depths where we meet God to the issues facing us in our everyday life, a journey which we now undertake with a new sensitivity to the will of God in all things. This double journey … forms the rhythm of our life which is the rhythm of maturity.