In Werner Herzog’s film Huie’s Sermon, the affirmation that God is in control is contradicted by images of a trashed out slum. A reflection on the meaning of divine control accounts for the success of the sermon in its hearers.
A spirituality that grows to discover God in everything and everyone is what unfolds in Coffeehouse Contemplative, the 2016 book by Jeffrey A. Nelson, portrays the way of spiritual direction based on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola.
The spiritual life involves seeking for value (the paradigm is prayer) and celebrating value (the paradigm is worship). When celebration predominates, the experiences of seeking, striving, and struggling are transformed.