Publication Details
Morrison, G. J.
(2024).
Integral human development: Hurling into the soul.
The Furrow, 75 (4), 226-236.
Abstract
The article offers a reflection on the relation between integral human development and integral ecology to create a lens for an incarnational spirituality of the soul. Grounded in and through God’s word and questions “hurling” into the soul, we are invited into the “play” of the Spirit, offering opportunities for memory, grace and hope to resound through the “seasons” of life and death. Through boldness, endurance and devotion to “the gospel of Christ” (1 Cor 9: 12), the hurling depths of the soul arises to witness to “become all things to all people” (1 Cor 9: 22). The article concludes by examining the Irish sport of Hurling as a metaphor for a spiritual ecology of discipleship, a journey of atonement invoking the “divine power” (2 Cor 10:4) of the soul.