“The task for followers of Christ is to take on the things that lift our spirit and let go of, that is, become poor to, the things that drag us down.”
–Gregory of Nyssa, 4th century, from Gregory of Nyssa: Sermons on the Beatitudes (Formatio, 2012), p. 33.
Questions for reflection: How does your communication “lift the spirit” of others? Drag them down? What does it mean to be a communicator who is “poor in spirit” (Matthew 5:3, NIV).