Loss and spiritual formation

John Schroeder considers personal loss and offers his own insights on spiritual formation:

We design our churches to provide comfort and security for the people that come to them, and yet God seems to have something very different in mind. It is in our discomfort and insecurity that we most readily find Him and what He would have for us.

Amen. John's post, by the way, reflects on Dan Cruver's account of profound loss.