The Danger of Religious Rituals

Share a comment Habit can look a lot like holiness, at least from the outside. We step into the Book of Malachi at a moment when the temple is rebuilt, worship services are running on schedule, and yet God says the quiet part out loud: your heart can drift while your hands stay busy. That’s where our wisdom journey goes next, tracing how spiritual routine forms and why it’s so hard to notice until love has cooled into duty. We start with the tender shock of Malachi 1:2, “I have loved y...