"And So?"

Over the course of this journey, I’ve been blessed to receive a number of symbolic gifts from past students. One student was recently inspired to create the painting (to your left) titled "And So?" by the provocative question still resonating within her some 23 years after graduating from the Center for Christian Studies. The artist, Mary McHarg (formerly Vipond), who now resides in Toronto, has given permission to post the painting and says, “The painting is about attitude rather than any likeness!” (just in case you were wondering!)

Then, a friend sent us a poem that caused us to ponder anew our recent experience. For us, the poem seems to be in dialogue with the question, "And So?" We've included the poem for you.

MY HEART IS SO SMALL

My heart is so small
it's almost invisible.
How can You place
such big sorrows in it?

"Look," God answered,
"your eyes are even smaller,
yet they behold the world."

Rumi, the Sufi poet of love