2 Key Questions

Thomas Keating—a Cistercian monk and founder of Contemplative Outreach—says that our
spiritual life is marked by 2 key questions. At the point of initial conversion we ask, “What can I do for God?” And this initial question is what compels many of us into working for change. But, as Keating says, we don’t really begin the spiritual journey until we ask, “What can God do for me?” To sustain a life of just impact in our world, we must dare to step into the spiritual journey and continually ask ourselves, “What can God do for me?” This question alone takes us into a deep spirituality that is the well of living water springing forth and watering all of our activism in the world.

(photo credit: Danielle Powell)