Introduction

Welcome to Holy Family's First Blog. My name is Luke Oestman, the Director of Religious Education and this blog is going to have periodic articles on living out the Christian life. These articles will range from current topics facing families, the latest movies coming out, current topics in the news, book reviews, how to understand difficult doctrine and dogma, to how to build virtue. So this blog will be an eclectic posting at best, but the common thread is heading toward a balanced living out of the Christian Life. This is for all ages and anything posted will be for the greater glory of God.

Here is a quote from St. Gregory of Nyssa, "He who climbs never stops going from beginning to beginning, through beginnings that have no end. He never stops desiring what he already knows."

This is what we are blessed to have in desiring to live out the Christian Life, for "we know that in everything God works for good with those who love him..." (Romans 8:28).

New Word to learn: eclectic. –adjective
Definition:
1. selecting or choosing from various sources.
2. made up of what is selected from different sources.
3. not following any one system, as of philosophy, medicine, etc., but selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems.
4. noting or pertaining to works of architecture, decoration, landscaping, etc., produced by a certain person or during a certain period, that derive from a wide range of historic styles, the style in each instance often being chosen for its fancied appropriateness to local tradition, local geography, the purpose to be served, or the cultural background of the client