What, when sin has us ensnared, we cannot clearly think--nor explain what happened. Spirituality experts will describe the effect of sin in colorful shadings, diagnosing one's malaise, for instance, or confusion. The clouded judgment that delays an important decision. The glimmering opportunity, so perfect, as to detract one from a momentous commitment. The evil spirit will show you the arc of justice is a wonderful and heroic journey. "Confusion can be a sign of the evil spirit," said Fr. Eugene Delmore, SJ director of an Ignatian Spirituality program. We were both new to Yakima, Washington. I a novice and he in transition from some decades in Bethel and other Alaska towns. He said this about confusion--perhaps I hadn't any serious decision to make then--as we crossed a Yakima street to visit the jesuit volunteer house. I had to take my eyes from his craggy forehead to look both ways, though no traffic was in the vicinity I knew. What can it mean to be confused? &qu
Leg Squat blog welcomes you to a growing portfolio of middle school fairytales and young children stories. See the archive for articles related to Prophetic Nuclear Disarmament or Prayer Against Torture. The title is a play on the combined meanings of the prefix Leg- (Latin legere) to gather, choose, pluck, read: lectern, lecture. Squat. -n. The lair of a hare.