Balancing Act

Life is big, loud, in your face.

Like an over-the-top extravert, life can suck all the oxygen out of the room, leaving little energy or attention for anything else. And against life’s overwhelming physical realities—whether personal or political, socio-economic or relational—the spiritual can seem like a whisper we’re not even sure we heard…naïve, even irrelevant to our most pressing needs.

I understand why spiritual leaders often change lanes into the socio-political, big macro issues. It’s lik...