Beyond Prickly Theology

Here's a great article on the early Pietists and their influence on today's spiritual formation practices.

The focus on the inner life, rather than prickly theology ("theologia spinosa" as Philip Jakob Spener calls it), brought spiritual warmth without the third degree burns.

There's a local radio station that could use a little more of Spener's influence. They pride themselves in "no Spen zone" homodoxy.