{"id":11677,"date":"2013-05-21T16:03:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T20:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=11677"},"modified":"2026-07-19T21:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:10:23","slug":"shalem-trained-contemplative-fil-anderson-member-of-samaritans-purse-spiritual-care-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/shalem-trained-contemplative-fil-anderson-member-of-samaritans-purse-spiritual-care-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Shalem-Trained Contemplative Fil Anderson Member of Samaritan&#8217;s Purse &#8220;Spiritual Care Team&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fil Anderson is a name Lighthouse Trails\u00a0has been acquainted with\u00a0for several\u00a0years because of his book <em>Running on Empty: Contemplative Spirituality for Overachievers<\/em> and his\u00a0involvement with\u00a0organizations such as Youth Specialties and Young Life (Anderson had been in Young Life leadership for many years and<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160317041657\/https:\/\/greaterny.younglife.org\/pages\/fil-anderson.aspx\"> is still involved with the organization<\/a>). Anderson also\u00a0speaks\u00a0with Richard Foster&#8217;s organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140401122658\/https:\/\/www.renovare.org\/what-we-do\/conferences-and-retreats\/life-with-god-retreat\">Renovare.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0To say Anderson&#8217;s book is contemplative would be an understatement. The book\u00a0is\u00a0filled with contemplative names\u00a0such as\u00a0Brennan Manning, Dallas Willard, Richard Foster, Evelyn Underhill, and John Cassian. Also\u00a0favorably named in the book\u00a0are: Thomas Merton, Soren Kierkegaard, Sue Monk Kidd, Tilden Edwards, Gerald May, and several others who fall into the panentheistic mystical camp. \u00a0Contemplative prayer is clearly the theme of the book. In addition to the contemplative advocates referenced and quoted in the book, contemplative practices such as lectio divina, repetition of a word or phrase, and the Jesus Prayer are also promoted. One of the books that Anderson quotes from is Morton Kelsey&#8217;s book, <em>The Other Side of Silence: A Guide to Christian Meditation<\/em>. Kelsey is a contemplative mystic who has influenced tens of thousands of people. Practicing mystical meditation led Kelsey to say: &#8220;You can find most of the New Age practices in the depth of Christianity. . . . I believe that the Holy One lives in every soul.&#8221;1\u00a0 And also:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"justify\">Each church needs to provide classes in forms of prayer. This is only possible if seminaries are training pastors in prayer, contemplation and meditation, and group process. . . . The church has nothing to fear from the New Age when it preaches, teaches, and heals.2<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Like Ruth Haley Barton, Fil Anderson was trained\u00a0at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shalem.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shalem Institute on Spiritual Formation<\/a>. He spent two years in training there. In the acknowledgements of\u00a0his book, Anderson thanks &#8220;[t]he magnificent people at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, for playing such a vital role in my spiritual formation, especially Rose Mary Dougherty, Tilden Edwards, and Gerald May.&#8221; \u00a0This is not a surprising comment coming from someone who is totally sold on contemplative prayer. But it is\u00a0disheartening to\u00a0learn that Anderson is\u00a0involved with Franklin Graham&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeyresources.com\/filanderson.cfm\">Samaritan&#8217;s Purse.<\/a> Anderson is a member of the \u00a0Spiritual Care Team.<\/p>\n<p>We called Samaritan&#8217;s Purse and\u00a0were told\u00a0that the Spiritual Care Team is a group of volunteers made up mostly of long-time &#8220;friends&#8221; of Samaritan&#8217;s Purse whose primary purpose is to do follow-up phone calls with people who have been in need. We asked the person we spoke with at Samaritan&#8217;s Purse\u00a0if all the Spiritual Care Team members were Christians, and she told us that each team member was a &#8220;solid&#8221; Christian believer. We asked if a New Ager would be allowed to be on the Spiritual Care Team, and she said, &#8220;probably not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, to those who understand the dynamics of contemplative spirituality, it is troubling\u00a0to know that Samaritan&#8217;s Purse is using a strong\u00a0contemplative proponent to &#8220;minister&#8221; to people in need. If those people, in their time of great need, are directed in any way to the teachings of mystics like Thomas Merton, Tilden Edwards, Sue Monk Kidd, or Gerald May, how is this going to help them? In actuality, it can hurt them deeply. For one, these mystics believe that God dwells in everything (all creation and in every human being) and thus the message of the Cross (the Gospel) would not be needed. Secondly,\u00a0should these people in need begin to practice contemplative mysticism, they will end up with occultism rather than with God&#8217;s Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Like most contemplatives, Anderson describes a spiritual emptiness in his life: &#8220;In my deepest parts I knew that God was everywhere. Yet often I wondered and even doubted whether God was in my spirit&#8221; (<em>Running on Empty<\/em>, Kindle Locations 259-260). Anderson talks about being so busy with church activities when he was a young Christian man\u00a0that he finally became burnt out &#8211; filled with despair and depression. He ended up in a psychiatric hospital where he received some temporary help.<\/p>\n<p>After college, Anderson became a leader in the international Christian organization Young Life. He eventually slipped back into feeling burnt out and in despair until one day he attended a retreat where he read a book by panentheist Thomas Kelly. From there on out, Anderson&#8217;s life changed, and he became a contemplative, looking to the mystics he writes about in his book for his spiritual nourishment.<\/p>\n<p>This is just another example of how contemplative spirituality has come into the church. We believe there are very few Christian organizations that have not been affected to some degree.<\/p>\n<p>Samaritan&#8217;s Purse is an organization that helps people in dire need. On their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/our-ministry\/statement-of-faith\/\">Statement of Faith<\/a>, they adhere to the basic fundamentals of the Christian Faith. We hope they can be alerted to the truth about contemplative spirituality and would reconsider allowing mysticism proponents to offer spiritual\u00a0&#8220;help&#8221; to people in need. Years ago, Lighthouse Trails sent a copy of <em>A Time of Departing<\/em> to Franklin Graham&#8217;s office. We don&#8217;t know if he ever read it. We are going to send a copy of this article and another copy of <em>A Time of Departing<\/em> to his office this week. Please pray that he will receive the book and will read it. On the Samaritan&#8217;s Purse website, it states that their mission is &#8220;to follow the example of Christ by helping those in need and proclaiming the hope of the Gospel.&#8221; The hope of the Gospel and contemplative spirituality do not line up together. They are on two opposite poles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"justify\">1. Morton Kelsey cited in Charles H. Simpkinson, &#8220;In the Spirit of the Early Christians&#8221; (<i>Common Boundary<\/i> magazine, Jan.\/Feb. 1992).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"justify\">2. Morton Kelsey, <i>New Age Spirituality<\/i> (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1st edition,1992, edited by Duncan S. 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