Alrighty then...I'm off to Pine Cove this weekend. Here's something to provoke your thinking while I'm away...

"There's no room for pretending in the spiritual life. Unfortunately, in many religious circles, there exists and unwritten rule. Pretend. Act like God is in control when you don't believe He is...

Practically, pretending is efficient and quick...

But the truth is, we are a mess. None of us is who we appear to be. We all have secrets. We all have issues. We all struggle from time to time. No one is perfect. Not one. The essence of messy spirituality is the refusal to pretend, to lie, or allow others to believe we are something we are not...

When you and I stop pretending, we expose the pretending of everybody else."

--Mike Yaconelli

Let's all expose the pretending of everybody else today, shall we?