Seeker

Do you hate losing things? I do. Today I lost my house keys. I've tried every technique: retracing my steps accusing my husband of pocketing them looking in the places where they should be looking again where they should be looking in unlikely places - the fridge, the washing machine, in the bed, the laundry basket etc. looking again in unlikely place relaxing with a cup of tea hoping for inspiration having another cup of tea forgetting about them and working on a sermon forgetting about them and blowing paint across paper with a straw (watercolour technique) praying to find them (yes - my last resort in this case!) contacting some other people giving up and writing this post instead Professor Solomon boasts of having an 'amazing method' for finding lost objects, based on his 'Twelve Principles': Don't look for it. It's not lost - you are. Remember the 3 C's It's where it's supposed to be. Domestic Drift. You'r...

This image shows a detail of a bronze statue of 'the Return of the Prodigal Son' by Karen Schmidt , inspired by a painting by Rembrandt (shown below). Rembrandt's painting was based on the parable of the prodigal son, one of 3 'lost and found' stories that Jesus told. The other 2 are the lost sheep and the lost coin. All 3 were told in respone to religious people grumbling that Jesus "welcomes sinners and eats with them" . All 3 are parables of grace. The shepherd seeks his lost sheep until he finds it. The woman sweeps the house searching for her lost coin until she finds it. The father runs to meet and embrace his lost son. The shepherd, the woman and the father celebrate their joy with friends, neighbours and family. Neither the sheep, the coin, nor the returning son had done anything to deserve being found. The emphasis in all 3 stories is on the one who seeks what is lost and oveflows with joy at the finding. The seeking shepherd, woman and fath...