Space for Grace

I spent first 9 years of my life in the Catholic church. Each time I entered the Old Mission Parish in San Luis Obispo, CA I felt the quiet safety wash over me; not the kind of safety that says bad things won't happen, but the kind of safety that promises that when bad things happen I won't ever be hopeless or alone. It's the kind of safety that wraps itself around my senses and fills me with the assurance of Love that is bigger, surer, and more enduring than anything I know. Today I walk into the Episcopal Church and meet the same peace. We all need reminders of that Love; signposts that point us in the direction of that Light when we find ourselves in dark places. Those reminders can be people, spaces, or moments. They become sacred when they shelter us with the promise of Love that is bigger, surer, and more enduring than anything we know. Spend time with those people, be those people, inhabit those spaces, and open yourself to those moments. As the great Glennon Doyle Melton says, "Carpe Kairos".