Expectation and Hope: Aka How God ruined the Church Picnic
We all have our favorite writers. Mine is a man by the name of Gerald May. He is not an easy read – more like a rich fudge filled with caramel, nuts, chips, and all things gooie. Little bites to savor – too much you get a tummy ache. But oh those bites – so filled with deep truths and spiritual insights. The man was brilliant. He was a Psychiatrist and an Addictionologist, Author, Poet, Theologian of the Contemplative nature and was Director of the Shalem Institute in Washington DC before he passed. His foot notes alone were good reads… Now, that’s talent. One chapter in his book The Awakened Heart was titled ‘Expectation vs Hope’. Coming across it was serendipitous as my life was pretty devoid of hope at the moment. I felt as if everything I touched turned into a Lime Slushy with way too much green syrup. I desperately needed some help cleaning up the mess. Growing up as Pollyanna I had unknowing put myself into far too many painful situations than I needed to. Reading this c