Thread by @sniequist

Last week my friend @Julie_rodgers recommended Padraig O Tuama’s beautiful book In the Shelter, & specifically one phrase that has captured me so deeply: hello to here—or: I’m fully present to this here & this now, not the past or the future, not fantasies or regrets, but HERE.

A wise friend of mine says that true spiritual maturity is nothing more—and nothing less—than consenting to reality. Hello to here—not what you wanted or longed for or lost, not what you hope for or imagine. Reality. This here. This now.

As I’m writing a new book, it’s so clear to me that these are the things I’ve always been writing about, the themes I’ve always been circling in one way or another: how does faith express itself in our blood-&-guts, sidewalks-&-streets daily lives?

What does it mean to bear witness to the ordinary moments of our lives—not lofty ideas or peak experiences, but making sandwiches & making meaning & making a life, all those moments of HERE?

Deep breath, feet firmly on the ground. Shoulders down, heart open: hello to here.❤️