This Week from Mitch

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope and pray that you are doing well. For our parents, I hope you are navigating carpool drop-off lines with grace and ease. I know I have not. In one recent episode, I could have sworn the traffic director waved me forward, so I pressed on the gas, only to be scolded soundly. Typically, I handle embarrassment with relative ease; everyone does dumb things occasionally, you get over it, but I have felt guilty and thought about this episode all week long. 

I think it is from a deep-seated longing, at least as far as my family is concerned, to do things "right". Whatever that means. When I get it wrong, whether it is carpool or a pre-race breakfast, or bad advice on homework help, I feel in some ways like I have failed, and sometimes, I have noticed the more I try to get things "right," the more I seem to get wrong. It's a cycle that I am sure is not unique to me.

With that being said, one of the things that gives me a reset each week, and helps me break the negative cycles that sometimes pop up in my life, is the simple act of worship. The time I spend in prayer, the time I spend listening to the words of scripture, meditating, and singing somehow serves to rejuvenate my soul and bring me closer, if only for a moment, to God. Amid the busyness of life, I think we all might need a weekly reset. I pray that St. Martin's can be that place for you. I will never get everything "right", and despite my trying not to, I suspect that one day I will mess carpool up again. At the same time, faith in Christ reminds me that I don't need to be perfect; God loves me flaws and all. Worshipping with you all reminds me that I am not alone. I hope it can do the same for you.

In Christ,

Mitch