In an age where churches chase results and emotional highs, we risk mistaking revivalism for revival. Drawing on Andrew and Kara Root’s examination Hartmut Rosa’s idea of resonance and semi-controllability, this piece argues that true revival can’t be manufactured—it can only be received when we stop trying to control the Spirit and make space for God to move.
The Night the Revival Never Came
In an age where churches chase results and emotional highs, we risk mistaking revivalism for revival. Drawing on Andrew and Kara Root’s examination Hartmut Rosa’s idea of resonance and semi-controllability, this piece argues that true revival can’t be manufactured—it can only be received when we stop trying to control the Spirit and make space for God to move.