One of the biggest blessings in my understanding of things over the last couple of years has been the writings of James K. A. Smith.  His Desiring the Kingdom was a real “right place, right time” scenario for me.  He’s got a couple of new books dropping over the next few weeks (one on relativism and another on culture) that might be a little heady, but that’s okay.  Heady can be a good challenge.  I especially like his work on “cultural liturgies.”  It’s something we all know to be true but too often take for granted.  Here’s a sample of his thinking from 2013.