RT Article T1 Ladder-ascending character meets ladder-descending grace JF Word & world VO 36 IS 2 SP 135 OP 146 A1 Peters, Ted 1941- LA English PB Seminaries YR 2016 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1647199506 AB In the twenty-first century, a cultural yearning for strength of moral character seems to be asking for what a ladder-climbing spirituality can deliver. Yet, horizontal spirituality offers something perhaps more valuable than character construction, namely, sinners engaged in neighbor-loving and justice-pursuing.