A Catholic layman, an Orthodox bishop, and an Evangelical minister walked into a bar…
Early yesterday morning, a LiveJournal friend of mine named Seraphim Sigrist (an Eastern Orthodox bishop, no less) wrote a wonderful entry about an Evangelical mystic, A. W. Tozer (a Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor and the author of such books as The Knowledge of the Holy and The Pursuit of God), whom he had known many years ago. This is Seraphim’s way of pointing out that the anti-contemplative strain within some quarters of the evangelical world (such as Lighthouse Trails Research) is hardly the last word on how Protestants relate to the mystical tradition. Recognizing that I don’t have that many Evangelicals in my rogues’ gallery of mystics, I thought my readers might enjoy this ecumenical moment, in which a Catholic blogger suggests you read an Orthodox bishop’s paean to an Evangelical mystic.
We are one body, after all.
Click here to read Seraphim Sigrist’s Encomium for A. W. Tozer.
