I keep coming across this word: enchantment<\/i>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
It comes from the same roots as incantation <\/i>– the placing of a magic spell on something or someone.<\/p>\n\n\n
I hear people speaking of our need to recapture the enchantment of life. And everything in me screams “Amen!”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
It feels like we are all vaguely aware that some of the magic of existence has disappeared. Or perhaps it has simply been crowded out.<\/p>\n\n\n
In this high-tech age where gadgets and AI and doomscrolling dominate what little is left of our individual imaginations, we are less likely than ever to stop and smell the roses.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Depression and loneliness are common.\u00a0And deadly – if not to the body, then quite often to the soul. You don’t run into too many optimists these days.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Re-enchantment isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Perhaps the church should lead the way. Afterall, we have not been immune to this general disenchantment.<\/p>\n\n\n
So often our practice of faith, prayer, and worship are routine. Dried out and stale. And Scripture holds no wonder or mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n
Where are the psalmists who can remind us of the magnificent magic of God and reality?<\/p>\n\n\n
The church would make for an appropriate launch site for a renewal of hope and wonder.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
How do we recover the enchantment?<\/p>\n\n\n
God willing, two weeks from now, Melissa and I will be stepping off a plane in Edinburgh, Scotland. I haven’t visited Scotland since I spent my junior year at the University of Aberdeen in 1988\/89. I am looking forward to touring castles, drinking some whisky, and eating a ton of fish and chips.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
But what I find myself truly excited about is simply the pervasive magic of Scotland. There is something enchanted about the entire country and I feel like I NEED to experience it again.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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