Wow! The first day of class. What an exciting time. Yesterday, following the 10 AM worship service, the congregation decided that I should take our parish's Jesus doll on sabbatical with me. So this morning with Jesus securely seated-belted in, I pulled out of my driveway at 8:33 on my way to Hartford Seminary. As you can see from the pictures, Jesus spent the day with me as we learned a bit about and discussed a smattering of quantum physics. The way I can best explain the quantum universe is that it is the sub-atomic, invisible world that is unpredictable and uncertain and more chaotic than we think, yet is more connected than we can imagine. Chaotic, yet connected, a paradox.
So, if the world, at a very foundational level is both unpredictable and chaotic but also profoundly connected, what does that say about the Creator that we have tried to predict, domesticate, define and confine in little word boxes? Can we really do that to God? Can we do that to ourselves? Can it be that some of the randomness and unpredictability in our own live is not so random or chaotic? This class is surely providing food for thought and prayer. There's more to come later this week.
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