Original Sin and Imputed Sin
Life-Long Learning I am a life-long learner; It is one of God's gifts I hold with great joy. I haven't always felt this way. During my college days, my last semester, I could hardly wait for graduation as I approached my final degree. Forty years ago, my vivid memory of graduation day, May 15, 1982, remains strong. May 15, 2022, marks the day my oldest daughter will graduate from high school and begin her journey to college. On that same day, one of my nephews will graduate with an advanced degree from Norte Dame. Who could have foretold that we would share this date in common? (God) Quite by accident, I found myself pursuing another degree after concluding that I had read my last textbook. At that time, the pursuit of manufactured success spoke loudly in my ears, as it does many young people. I only made it about halfway through that next degree when I realized that I was chasing something I didn't genuinely want. Many years later, I find my love of learn