Me too Herminator,
Was also inappropriate since it was a 12 step based Retreat and in 12 step recovery everyone gets to choose/adopt/use their own concept of a Higher Power.
My tenure at this function, and my kilts, got me enough attention to hold court and retell a story an AA speaker finishes with every time she speaks.
Don't know the details, but the jist of it is that St. Paul was in a prison and chained to the walls of this prison. And the angels came and knocked down the prison walls and broke Paul's chains. Then they told him to put on his sandals and leave the prison. This speaker asks, if the angels can break down the walls of the prison and break the chains why don't they also put on Paul's sandals for him?
The answer is because Paul can't break down the prison walls, or break his chains, but he can put on his own sandals.
Know that some time was spent focused on the word "Fully" in that phrase and most agreed we need to do our own footwork.
Of course the same freedom that allows me acceptance kilted on this Retreat also allows a wide variety of spiritual beliefs....leadership does rotate from year to year and with it themes for the event.
And interestingly, since most of these folks were used to me in Utilikilts last year, this year some of the more scholarly focused on interpreting the Latin on my kilt pins.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
Originally Posted by Riverkilt
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