One way or another, the intense mix of people in New York draws both those who seek a freeing anonymity or a rewarding audience. And deep in our nature our spirit is summoned by a greater spirit. Sometimes we hear that call desperately or react awkwardly. Sometimes we hear it and fill ourselves with other distractions or make so much noise that we push it away. But somehow, somewhere, at some point in the human journey, everyone hears a call.
People articulate the call in many ways.
But these are questions the spirit asks first when we are alone. In the mysterious chemistry of God working with us, that is the way it must be. In other words, God may use our loneliness, pain or dissatisfaction to touch us and get our attention. With a forwardness our culture has not heard in awhile, we hear today the call for a spirituality. We learn to pay attention to the glimpses of it.