Heath aster It finally feels like fall, and there was much rejoicing. I am thankful that the nail hole in the roof and the rotting maple tree in the front yard were dealt with before Matthew swept by. All part of God's providential care which I often forget. Part of being human is feeling grief. Better to let it out than shutting down or bottling it up inside. God created human beings, not Vulcans. Perhaps the problem with privilege is that we are unaware of our privilege. In speaking of an elderly person, a friend told me, "She knows not to trust herself, but she won't trust anyone else." That could easily be me in the future, and I took it as a warning. Competence can be a double-edge sword. It can feed pride and rob me of blessed dependence upon God and a healthy need for others in my life. I wonder if a big part of the Christian life is unlearning all the wrong ideas I picked up about the Christian life? Psalm 2 is still true even with the polit...