By Robert A. Hirschfeld
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold…
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity
— “The Second Coming,”...
Many Episcopalians would reflexively balk at “experiential” ways of speaking about Christian faith. They disillusioned by forms of the faith that elicit intense emotional highs but may lack the patterns and habits of living and praying that can sustain faith over the long haul.
