Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
El Capitan Mirror — Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California
Seeing is a matter of proper looking, and that is a matter of imagining how many ways there are of seeing a scene. And that means being with the scene in a way that invites/allows the scene to reveal itself beyond its initial impact. It means being with the scene in the right kind of way. Which means taking a time with a scene, absorbing the scene, being here, now with the scene. And not being in a hurry. All of which are functions of being where we are throughout our life. Making being alive the art of seeing, hearing, knowing, understanding…
I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing.
I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.
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