Are You Real?

I put off reading A.W. Tower’s The Pursuit of God for almost twenty years. (I suppose my years are showing.) Yesterday, I cracked the spine, and there I read some of the most beautiful writing on experiencing the presence of God. One passage in particular–a passage on the real man–captured me. Today, I’m recasting that passages in my own words.

I suppose the foundational question for today’s piece is this: In a digital world, a world of avatars and personal branding, what does it mean to be r...