Every summer, I take time to recharge my batteries, and this year, reading Joe Paprocki’s book, 8 Steps to Energize Your Faith, was exactly what I needed. Reflecting on his thought-provoking questions each week, I renewed my focus on God’s work in my life.
In the chapter on delighting in nature and all of creation, Joe points out that Jesus was often catechizing outdoors—on mountaintops and seashores and any number of other places. He poses the question, “Where is your personal ‘cathedral of nature’ where you can invite creation to inspire you?” I sat with that question for several days, recalling places I’d been where I felt wrapped in God’s divine creativity.
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I concluded that I found my personal cathedral a dozen years ago along a muddy, slick, and very bumpy road in Tanzania. We were coming back from the Mara River when I popped up in our safari vehicle to scan the horizon as a hailstorm was blowing in. I live in a very populated area, so I’m always fascinated by places where there is nothing but space for miles around. This was one of those times. The gray clouds hung low on the horizon meeting the
