A Calm in the Storm
Hail Mary, Full of Grace - the Lord is with you.
I really get caught up in the “senses” this time of year. Christmas music takes on a life of its own. And the Christmas movies - oh my goodness - I so enjoy those. I am struck by the ones I’ve caught glimpses of in the last week: the Grinch, Disney’s A Christmas Carol, and Home Alone. Isn’t it interesting that all 3 of those movies deal with a heart change for the main characters - Greedy Grinch, Stingy Scrooge, and Curmudgeony Kevin all have “their heart strangely warmed” in the end?
Shadow
I will be the first to admit that merging scientific and religious metaphors is tricky business. I have always believed that science and religion are two paths to the same truth. When it comes to matters of God’s creation, Science asks “how” and religion asks, “why”. One of our Long’s Chapelers psychologist by trade, in a Bible Study last year, told our whole group that he thought the Bible was the most amazing psychological text book ever written.
