
“Go and make disciples of all the nations.” The authority of those words sent the Twelve Apostles on a gigantic mission to evangelize the whole world, to share with all people everywhere the spirituality they learned at the feet of Jesus.1 The choice of spirituality was rather direct for the first followers of Jesus. One could choose Christ, Hindu, Buddha, Zarathustra, one of the Baals or something else. But with the passing of time the styles of spirituality have proliferated. Many Christians today still see their choices in simplistic terms of whether to join the church of their parents or choose another. Actually, the choices are far more complex than that. There is no longer one style of Christian spirituality, not even one style for each denomination. There are many, many styles. I…