Friends of Padre Steve’s World. It has been an exhausting week. I have had a lot on my mind, I have not slept well so tonight I am taking it easy and sending out a rerun of an older post that fits well into the stories I have been writing about this week. As I have thought about the passing of Captain Sitsch and a host of other matters I have continued to muse on my purpose. I think that is a good thing, and in no way negative. I really do think that we must always be evaluating our lives, correcting our course when needed, and ensuring that we are going where we need to go, wherever that may be. Someone once said “where you go, there you are” and I think there is truth in that. This article kind of summarizes where I was last summer but where I still remain and where I think in light of what I have been seeing where I need to be for a while. I started rewriting, editing and reposting my Iraq story last year. I stopped because I got too busy and other things took me away. So I think I will continue that journey of writing and healing. Have a great night, a good weekend if you don’t get back here and be safe. Peace, Padre Steve+
“Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking where they should be listening.But he who can no longer listen to his brother will soon be no longer listening to God, either; he will be doing nothing but prattle in the presence of God, too. This is the beginning of the death of the spiritual life, and in the end there will be nothing left but spiritual chatter and clerical condescension arrayed in pious words… never really speaking to others.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Since I returned from Iraq I have grown weary of Christians that have all the answers and are more interested in promoting their agenda than actually listening or caring for those wounded in spirit from various forms of trauma including war. I returned from Iraq and went through what amounted to a crisis in faith…
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