Until Tomorrow...

 

This morning we are leaving early for Bon Echo Provincial Park, a gem in our provincial system and only 90 minutes away -- lucky us. We are well aware that a forecast of 20+C as we approach the end of October is an opportunity not to be missed, so off we go. The park is now closed for the season, but where there is a will there is a way. This may be our final paddle of the season, although Ruth would probably roll her eyes at this statement. I'm not to be trusted. 

I sat down to write a blog on a subject that is complex and realized I couldn't do so before we departed. It would take too much musing and condensing, so I'll probably wait until tomorrow. I find that some of the subjects I address, always through a spiritual lens, make my aging brain hurt as I attempt to distill what can be complex issues and reflections into a few paragraphs. This is more challenging in some respects than an essay or sermon.  Sometimes I'm satisfied with the outcome, other times not, but I persevere. 

I ask myself, from time to time, why I continue what is now an archaic social media format when there are more current options. In part it is that every day I am doing my best to sort through the tsunami of information to make sense of how I might receive it as a follower of Jesus. Too much of what is described as Christian isn't, in my estimation. It is reductionist tribalism that has little to do with the radical message of compassion and love Jesus lived and died for. And because I'm stubbornly Trinitarian in my faith the proclamation of the Resurrection continues to give my hope in what can seem to be a chaotic world. 

So, until tomorrow...