Acornology

This is a pondering missive in tune with the autumn season. It revolves around a metaphor of an acorn and how that translates to us in the bigger world. It came from a sermon in church and is based on a short story constructed by theologian Cynthia Bourgeault. Sounds like heavy stuff, but actually not really:

Here is a link to the short story; a forward from another blog as I could not find a direct link on line.
Acornology - Ecumenicus 

It begins by humorously looking at a "crop" of acorns approaching their mid life crises with self absorption which we all live with in our own way. Into this conformed little world is dropped an outsider from above. And he professes a revelation that they are all indeed the towering tree above them. This radical proclamation is akin to Chicken Little's "the sky is falling!" Demanding an explanation - the new acorn goes on to say that he doesn't understand it completely, but it has "something to do with going into the ground and cracking the shell." To which they reply. "Totally morbid. Why then we wouldn't be acorns anymore."

Thus the metaphor. We need to dig in deep and reinvent ourselves to something much bigger than we can imagine or see. And this has to be done with faith and trust in this pensive time of the year. Regrowth.