About the Book
Long before cultural conflict, moralism, and religious meanness became associated with the movement that bears his name, Jesus forged a new and inviting spiritual path. It was active and contemplative. It was rooted in the sacred scriptures of his tradition but open to anyone willing to take one step closer.Spirituality is about our connectedness with all things-God, one another, and the world we live in. “Jesus brand spirituality” means understanding and living out those connections in the way of Jesus, according to Ken Wilson.
A pastor as well as a fellow pilgrim, Wilson writes with candor and insight in Jesus Brand Spirituality for those on the outside looking in and those on the inside looking out.
Maybe you are intrigued by Jesus of Nazareth but at a loss over what to do about it. The current religious landscape seems too treacherous a place to wander into-too occupied by doctrinaire, argumentative, “my way or the highway” approaches. The options seem limited to blindly accepting an entire package of orthodoxy presented by its most vocal proponents or bowing to the skepticism of equally dogmatic critics. What’s a poor, inquisitive soul to do?
Or perhaps you find yourself well along on the Jesus path, but the form of Christianity around you isn’t appealing to those who don’t believe but want to—and maybe no longer to you. It’s not that you’re having a crisis of faith so much as it seems faith itself is in crisis. You long for a deeply spiritual way of life that keeps asking questions, that is actively repairing the world, that is always searching for the real Jesus buried in the overgrown field of religion. A faith that bristles less, listens more, and fuels the fires of love.
No matter what you believe about Jesus or how you feel about the movement that bears his name, this compelling book will provoke you to take one step closer to knowing. Jesus Brand Spirituality is an orientation to the landscape. You decide what comes next.