Spirituality and wholeness: Essential components of congregational revitalization in the digital age

What we are missing in our lives and congregations today is wholeness. Our disconnection lies not on the outside but on the inside. This in turn leads to a lack of balance and the development of both psychological and spiritual problems.; The famous and infamous psychologist Carl Jung studied, practiced, and lived in this realm of wholeness. His work is arbitrarily dismissed as nonsense by some. Yet within his imperfect work may possibly lay the solution needed for the ills of both society and church.; Our principal failure in this day and age is to acknowledge the special nature of our relationship with God. The blessings we have received in terns of knowledge, technology, and materials have created a type of blindness in us. Through the wonders of all we have, we have difficulty seeing God. Each and every day we are exposed to numerous evidences of God's activity in our lives. Yet we pass over these events as if they are childish fairy tales.; We must, therefore, step out and proclaim through the good news that an alternative way of life exists. This is a way which can be balanced and whole. It is a way which can be enriching and fulfilling. It is a way which can be healing and helpful.