August 2005 - Posts
When our godsons were visiting recently, we decided to clean out our storeroom. People with houses have basements and attics; we have this room. We used to pretend it wasn't really there.
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I wanted to call my sister Cora after watching "New Morning" today. But then I remembered that she would already have left for work, and by the time she gets home tonight, I'll be off to a movie screening.
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It's interesting how much spiritual writing is about getting through "those" times—you know, the difficult times, transition times, painful times, or as today's show calls them, the "in-between” times.
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For several years I've been in charge of the labyrinth ministry at our church in Greenwich Village, New York. This means that every couple months, we take our canvas labyrinth out of its storage tub, spread it out in the main meeting room, and invite the community in to walk.
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When Frederic and I were organizing the material for our book Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life, we decided to make the first chapter about things. We figured our readers would assume we would cover the spirituality of relationships, service, community, and even places—but it was just as important to find meaning in the ordinary things all around us. The religious traditions all offer explanations why everyday objects should be honored.
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It's funny how some words just catch your attention. I'm watching the New Morning episode on "Walking Your Path" and wondering who I might meet in what interesting situations during the show. Then I hear them: We need "education, inspiration, and grace" to find our path and "determination and intention" to walk it. One word really stands out: education.
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