Whenever we come into new knowledge, create anew, make new friends or connections—we transcend ourselves, and we experience the Holy Spirit, says Macquarrie. To experience the Spirit is to experience ek-stasis, to stand out of oneself—to grow. The Church is “the growing point where the upbuilding work of the Spirit proceeds most intensely” (51). This…

Whenever we come into new knowledge, create anew, make new friends or connections—we transcend ourselves, and we experience the Holy Spirit, says Macquarrie. To experience the Spirit is to experience ek-stasis, to stand out of oneself—to grow. The Church is “the growing point where the upbuilding work of the Spirit proceeds most intensely” (51). This…