What is Spiritual Fitness?
What is spiritual fitness? We talk about it all the time, but what does it really mean? The answer depends on whether you are asking the padre because you want the guidance of his church or if you are asking the padre because you think he has something to offer you even though you don't share his faith commitments. What we do as religious leaders contributes to "spiritual fitness," but I don't think it exhausts what either the Army or its chaplains mean by "spiritual fitness." <!--more-->I know some chaplains believe that the only answer to this question that matters is the one that best represents their faith traditions. That's the one they share with their coreligionists (as they should) and that's the one they share with everyone else. "If you don't want my faith answer, don't ask me the question." Perhaps, then, "spiritual fitness" is just the aggregate of what each chaplain does individually as leaders withi...