Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
We live in an age that prizes efficiency above almost everything else. Tap your phone and a car arrives. Click a button and groceries appear. Swipe right and … well, that’s supposed to be connection, isn’t it? Except it’s not. What we’ve gained in convenience we’re losing in something harder to quantify: actual human closeness.
While hiking around the Lake Shore Trail at Lake Norman State Park, I passed the remnant of a tree in the final stages of being reclaimed by nature. In the middle of this dead stump was a hint of green new life. Against all odds, a little holly tree had sprouted.