“Daddy, is heaven beyond the moon and stars, and how is it higher than space?” — Leo At as little as four years old, the question of heaven — where it is and what it will be like — is already pondered in our hearts. Noah and Grandpa, 14 Oct 2024 When the Pharisees asked Our Lord when the Kingdom of God was coming, He said that the kingdom would not be determined by some set of signs and wonders, or by people saying “here it is” or “there it is.” For, in fact, “the kingdom of God is among you” (Luke 17:21). Our Lord then recalls the terrible times of Noah, when people refused to listen, and of Sodom, when fire and sulphur rained down upon the city, destroying people. Then comes the punchline: those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it. When they ask Him, “Where, Lord?”, He answers, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.” Our Lord is telling us that the door to the Kingdom of God lies in letting go of our need for contr...
A while ago, my boys were watching a show on YouTube called Science Max . In the episode they were enjoying, they were making paper aeroplanes and then “maxing them out.” What caught my attention was that they used the design based on the paper aeroplane that holds the Guinness World Record for the longest flight. Watch clip here The man behind that record did not simply sit down one afternoon and happen to fold the perfect plane. He had always loved folding paper aeroplanes, but then spent about ten years studying the ancient Japanese art of origami. Through that discipline, he learnt techniques he could bring back into the world of paper folding, and eventually used them to build an aeroplane capable of enduring a remarkably long flight. What fascinated me is that even a paper aeroplane is not as simple as it looks. If it dips, the flaps need adjusting. If it leans, the balance is off. Even something so light requires precision, discipline and patience if it is going to fly wel...