OTOH, who cares? As a Christian, I am embarrassed even to be associated with these amateurish, narrow-minded, self-righteous sites. There is an ongoing need for study and research to maintain sound doctrine, but not by people of this caliber. I can find it elsewhere.

If they want to contribute posts to sites whose credibility approximates print publications that feature photos of two-headed babies, fine, but don’t expect to be taken seriously by the rest of us. That they even have followings is a sign that our standards have sunk so low that now we’re “selling even the sweepings with the wheat” (Amos 8:6). We can do a lot better than this.

Spiritual direction can be good with the right director and with the right ideas about it.

I guess the author has never experienced a “Dark Night of the Soul”

Interesting? It’s been the quickest way I know of to alienate many of your “church friends.” Suddenly, people you’ve know for a long time eye you warily and begin quoting Scripture AT you.

I wonder where you are heading, IM. I was where you are (ISTM) several years ago. The frustrations mounted,and eventually I resigned from ministry in evangelical churches. I took my time, did my research, and eventually made the decision to cross the Bosphorus. I may never completely embrace all that EO espouses, but I must say that even with what I question within EO, it has been healing and restorative; I needed to get off the contemporary evangelical merry-go-round before I completely lost my balance!