Countdown: Day 23

Here’s today’s quote from Naked Spirituality. It goes on sale March 15. Thanks for helping me spread the word!

Naked spirituality differs from magical religion as love differs from lust. Where magical religion tries to harness cosmic powers so that ‘my will may be done’, naked spirituality seeks to unleash my powers so that ‘God’s will may be done’. Where magical religion tries to possess God for one’s own benefit, naked spirituality seeks to be yielded to God for God’s will, the common good. (Brian D. McLaren, Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in Twelve Simple Words. HarperOne, 2011, Chapter 4)