It feels as though the clock is always running. Too much of what I want to do is getting pushed out indefinitely in order to finish things that I have to do to keep the bills paid and satisfy my obligations. Is this a timed test?
Even worse, it seems like the options are multiple choice, and I don't like any of the options. What happened to the ideals that used to motivate me? Is there anything more to life than the labor of sustaining it? And what happens when I can't keep going at the pace I've been keeping?
There aren't many answers to these kinds of questions that don't verge on metaphysical speculation or religious faith. St. John Episcopal Church has provided a forum for discussion of such things for more than fifty years in Kirkland. At this church I've found a group of people open to the questions and willing to discuss whether and where hope might be found, against the clock, against the meaninglessness of what seem like the available options. Most of the time, now, I'm more confident that I'm going somewhere that I want to go and not just keeping time.
Maybe you have time to speculate about persistent human questions. If you don't have any particular faith, or are losing faith, explore the questions with us. Maybe we can believe for you long enough to open new horizons. Maybe you have options that we haven't considered. We do a lot of things besides talk at St. John. We have musical soirees, art and photo shows, we get together for dinner parties, we take trips. Much of this is informed by a faith that changes things. If you participate for a while, you might find it changes the limitations I've been describing.
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