We may need to step outside of the limited ways that we may tend to think of spirituality and spiritual experiences when we are exposed to the cutting-edge, groundbreaking exploration of consciousness and human experience of the painstaking scientific research of David Yaden and Andrew Newberg. They have given us a contemporary update of William James’ classic, Varieties of Religious Experience in their book, The Varieties of Spiritual Experience: 21st Century Research and Perspectives.

What are the implications for us personally and as a congregation?