Meaningful Conversations With Delicious Beverages
Crazy as this may be, were are less than two weeks from the season of Lent kicking off with my favorite Ash Wednesday date, February 14th. There is something that strikes my fancy about the day of romance named for St. Valentine being the start of a season of penance in the desert on which we are reminded, "Remember, man, that you are dust and to dust you shall return."
I used to need things like this. I needed to live vicariously through others for a cathartic release so I could continue in my discipline. Then I realized I was doing Christianity wrong.
This week, AJ talks to Brandon about his first paper from his masters degree program. What is the point of a creed? Does it matter what you believe? Isn't just what you do that matters?
I have been on a health journey for quite a while and it is surprisingly representative of our spiritual walk.
I have lived that life for as long as I remember. I have always had big aspirations, wanted to accomplish big things. Why? Because big equals meaningful. I want my life to matter, just George did.
We all still struggle to own our mistakes at times, after all. At the same time, though, what we hopefully have come to is the realization that everyone makes mistakes. Our only path forward, the only way for us to build and correct our previous experiences and mistakes is if we do own them.
Nearing my 40th birthday, I discusses my habit of undergoing intense self-reflection every 5 years, with a 10th year meltdown. There is solace during these periods in faith, family, conversations with Christian friends and interactions with two long-time friends who provide different perspectives.