Yes! Some impactful moments from childhood draw me back to them again and again. I ponder what they mean and why those moments and experiences gave me such joy, connection, and life. For me special moments are sources that I constantly remember and re interpret over the years with newer understandings and from new angles. Some of them I still don't know what they mean but acknowledge them and wonder about them. I'm thinking mostly of a summer camp run by environmentalist feminist nuns I volunteered at in my teen years and the happiness I felt there and friendships I made. I still can't say for sure exactly what this was to teach me, but I am never disappointed when I reflect on it even though I never come up with the answer. Maybe some epiphanies are mysteries too that still evolve with us? Kinda like the salvation epiphany is super impactful but can sometimes seem two dimensional and the lifetime spiritual formation of the Spirit working adds a third dimension to ongoing changes that the Spirit keeps working. Thanks so much for this. Really moving
As are you Marcie. Amen
Yes! Some impactful moments from childhood draw me back to them again and again. I ponder what they mean and why those moments and experiences gave me such joy, connection, and life. For me special moments are sources that I constantly remember and re interpret over the years with newer understandings and from new angles. Some of them I still don't know what they mean but acknowledge them and wonder about them. I'm thinking mostly of a summer camp run by environmentalist feminist nuns I volunteered at in my teen years and the happiness I felt there and friendships I made. I still can't say for sure exactly what this was to teach me, but I am never disappointed when I reflect on it even though I never come up with the answer. Maybe some epiphanies are mysteries too that still evolve with us? Kinda like the salvation epiphany is super impactful but can sometimes seem two dimensional and the lifetime spiritual formation of the Spirit working adds a third dimension to ongoing changes that the Spirit keeps working. Thanks so much for this. Really moving
Oh I definitely feel that epiphanies are mysteries. For sure.
Amen.
Thank you Marcie for these sweet reminders. Hope has been very difficult of late. 🙏🏻🕯🤍💚
I’m so sorry to hear that for you Susan but I do understand