April 26, 2025

I like the process.  To plan, to think things through, to break up the whole, to articulate goals.  This work is welcomed weight which fills the crevices of my soul with much needed structure, coherence and meaning.  The process is not only an invitation to discipline, but also creativity.  While cooking dinner, for instance, it is precisely between the pinch of salt and the half stick of butter that the thought of honey finds expression in my mind as an interesting complement to the other ingredients.  To be a process person in our current milieu, ruled by the commodification of everything, is truly countercultural.  Products!  What have you done for me lately?!  Fill the void!  Let’s slow things down.  Let’s appreciate the fact that it took Jesus thirty years to even begin his public ministry.  Let’s savor the sweetness of the many parts that become some new thing.  Let’s become attuned to the quiet movements in our hearts and in our lives.  Let’s trust the eternal and flowing process that leads to life.  Ave Crux, Spes Unica.