We are living our lives at full speed. Everything at the push of a button. Life has become a distraction. "Our distractions translate into a life lived on the surface. Energies spent in crisis management translate into stressed bodies and distorted values."-Corinne Ware
Many are looking for something more. Looking for a deeper relationship with God, not just in the good times, but in the bad and the "between times." We realize that "every pearl is formed around an irritant, something that can't be digested easily." This summer many will be taking a pilgrimige to Santiago de Compostela across the US, the UK and EU, "to bring healing into history." A merging between present and past, tradition and (post)modernity. It is, in a way, the church "facing the realities of a changing world." I think it is as much an inward journey as it is outward, upward or backward.
I wish I could be w/ you all in body for this journey. I will, however, be with you in a common goal and in prayer. God bless you all.