Physical Therapy and Spiritual Practice

My transition into my 40’s came with the obligatory hip surgery. The only way to stop the cycle of hip pain was to literally carve out some bone. Those parts had to be removed. But recovering my functionality after the surgery required adding significant and regular physical therapy exercises. Long after I was released from PT, I still have to do maintenance exercises every day. If I stop my routine exercises, pain will return. So, too, our spiritual life requires the complete removal of some of our painful patterns and the regular addition of the patterns that bring us closer to Christ’s…