Spring cleaning

I would guess many of you are doing special projects, taking up hobbies, or just “spring cleaning” – part of life under “safer-at-home” protocols. The other day I was starting to “spring clean” my room in the parish office. The problem with such endeavors is that you open something, get fascinated by the contents, show the object to someone else, begin to tell stories, and the next thing you know a whole lot of time has passed by. Hopefully, it was not the first box you opened as it might completely derail the larger cleaning project. In my case, it was not the first box, but it was the second. And look what was inside! Continue reading

Our North Star

ancient-navigation-toolsIn the beginning – the Garden of Paradise, all is pristine, pure, good, whole, and holy

But… then came the human contribution to creation: sin.

What was God’s reaction?  Many people respond “to kick them out of paradise.” But, God’s first response is a question:  where are you? Strange. It is not as if God did not know. And if God already knew, what was God really asking / seeking? Continue reading