We cannot reduce holiness to morality, character or virtue; neither are these counterparts to sin. The essence of sin is not immorality; the essence of holiness is not morality. Thus the heart of spiritual formation is not moral formation. Rather, the essence of the Christian life is union with Christ fostered through a real-time encounter with him risen and ascended. Spiritual formation and all practices of the Christian life are necessarily structured around prayer and worship, the central practices by which our awareness of Christ and response to him is fostered.
