God is in the details

Alright, another reflection on the weekend...

Even though I had a pretty awesome time hanging out with several of my friends at the group functions that were held, probably the most important conversation I had was outside the group. The last night I had a conversation with an ex-choirboy, who, the last time I saw him (which was a couple years ago) I thought he was a total ass. Somehow I still recalled the time from tour when a bunch of us were playing ping-pong, and even though I had called next game, he decided he wanted it anyway (he's about 5 years younger than I), we had a little tussle, and he won the argument.

So even at this late date I wasn't exactly looking forward to much more than saying Hi and basically acknowledging his presence. But we actually had an online conversation that showed how much this guy has grown on me. Zack explained how he recently found his own path to God (outside the institution), and how he's devoting his life to the preparation of the apocalypse. Instead of another parish, his quest for salvation lies in this ["http://www.raptureready.com/"] website. (If the link doesn't come through, it's www.raptureready.com)

You can read their premise via the link. I don't know enough about their philosophy to try and sum it up myself, and quite frankly there are parts of it that I don't agree with, but that's beside the point. I got to learn a completely new angle on Zack that I never knew was there before. [Granted, he wasn't really all that spiritual by comparison the last time I saw him, whenever that was.] And I'm thinking that through all the mixed emotions about the whole weekend (recap: funeral, reception, choir banquet), this was an act of God to help me mend some of the past that I clearly would not have been able to do so myself. We even talked about Allen and his spirituality (which I regret I never did while he was still here) as well as our own, and through a combination of the aforementioned conversations I knew God wanted me to have friends rather than more awkwardness.