Desire

I see a possible new theme developing for Alternative.

I have been reading a book by Lorenzo Albacete called God at the Ritz. He is a Catholic priest who was once a physicist. He is a New York Times columnist and often speaks about about religion in the broadest possible ways, talking whimsically about religion, sex, politics, economics and science. Particularly, he speaks about desire, following your heart and your dreams, intentionally participating in the relentless human quest for fulfillment.

At first you may think he wants to say simply that our fulfillment comes from God, but he avoids simple platitudes in this book. Any way you approach it, though, his theme could fit nicely within our own elusive yet ubiquitous set of themes, within the emerging purpose of Alternative.

I do hope to strike up our regular meeting times again very soon. I look forward to catching up with some of you.