Does it make a difference?

I'm at my desk being completely depressed about ministry. I feel for Jesus dealing with his disciples - he offers the banquet of eternal life, and still they walk away. How hard we try to show people the Gift that Christ has given us, the chance to live eternally with him; only to have soccer or band or work or golf overshadow it.

How can we change the world when the world doesn't want to change?

What was I thinking?

Big Dreams, small abilities. I've done 3 out of 5 workshops so far on the History of Liturgy. Those who come seem to be enjoying it, but I'm getting so tired of it. I'm procrastinating and wishing I was anywhere else - like working on a podcast or camping. It seems like what starts out as a great idea gets dragged into a long, arduous task that never ends!

I wonder if the Tech world is like that too. We come up with some great ideas and folks are interested, but when it comes to implementing we lose steam. I've heard some fantastic ideas lately and I wonder: who's going to do it?

Growing fast

I've been so busy with life that I haven't taken time to even think, let alone think about what I'm thinking.

I've started thinking (usually over drinks with a bunch of my old fart friends in the bar) that the world is so far ahead of us that we in the catechetical world are no where near being able to catch up, let alone actually do it. Kids and young adults don't even think in the same way we did! We need to grow up and get a movin....

The one thing I've been wondering personally is: what makes one person able to do what another person thinks? I've been having so many thoughts on the fact that we in catechesis are thinking that we're catching up, when we're in the dust. When I share that I've had a lot of thoughts on this, people tell me that we need to have a think tank. Come to find out I've been beaten to the punch! I think I'm just too scared to actually step out and ask folks, that they'll laugh because I'm such a smalltime geek...But I'm happy, because the conversation really needs to happen. Is there room for more than one conversation?

Are we There yet?

Oh my.... I can't believe she did it! My darling child, the light of my life has become a kid. At 8 years old, I thought we had actually managed to raise the only child on earth who can travel without asking the age old question: "are we there yet?" After 8 blissful years, she turned into a kid like everyone else's. (devastating to someone like me who prides herself on being so very different from everyone else in the world)
On the way up to Home (upstate new york) my child let out the age old kid battle cry, every 1/2 hour on the hour! I was in shock! Oh well, I guess it goes to show you nobody's perfect!