Liminality

There is a term I have read recently in two different books. It is the term liminality. It means a period of transition between two different places where someone or something is in neither one place nor in the other.

I really identify with this concept. Personally I feel like I am between two worlds and neither of them fit me. I feel clumsy here in this world, as though I am blind and am fumbling my way through life. I am without the information I need, the tools to live well or a guide to take my hand. I feel/know I am made for a different world than here, or if it is here, it's not for like it is.

I do have some handles, but they seem to be of either one of the other worlds of which I am stuck between, so it is difficult to gather a strong semblance of comfort or workability. Possibly I may not be meant to be able to make this work or be comfortable here, but maintain a longing for life in a different world.

So liminality really describes the place I find myself. I am here on this world longing for my true home, which some describe as heaven. I like to call it home. I just know I am made for a different world and living in this world requires that I somehow connect with Jesus to guide me through each day.

First Snow

Our first snow of the season today! Winter has come in so quickly. Here's Chewie playing around. He just loves the stuff.

This Fall

This Fall seems to be a crazy season. I've got so much going on with my work everything seems to be going great, yet it is a season where I am still trying to find out who I am and how I tick and how I relate and how I lead and stuff like that. In many ways I feel like a stanger in a strange land.