Some people do spring cleaning. I do fall. Partly it is my job as we get ready to start graded Sunday school after a summer of intergenerational fun. Partly it is necessary after being gone a lot in the summer and having loads of stuff "dumped" into my office for want of a better place.
I do it at home, too. There is something cathartic about pulling dead plants out of the garden and detritus out of the garage. The joke in my family is not to stand around too much or they will be out with the garbage....can't say that I'm not sometimes tempted.
I heard a radio segment yesterday about "people" who are given false information and then presented with a correction. The overwhelming response is to "harden" their belief in the mistake rather than admit to being wrong. Sigh...
When we believe in a God who has faced the worst possible consequence of wrongness--death--and prevailed, what are we afraid of? My fall home and church cleaning is about half-way done. My fall faith-cleaning is going to start with not being afraid to throw out useless beliefs and open the way for light and air and Spirit to move and work in me.
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