It had not ended well as camp came to a close the previous summer. I had stewed and had 100 conversations with myself during the entire year that followed. So as he walked into the lodge on this first day of camp, I was filled with many emotions. He walked right up to me and without hesitation said, "How about we go for a walk?”

Much was shared and many feelings were expressed; and an hour and half later, after many steps were walked by God's grace, we had found ourselves at a place of healing and reconciliation.

The prophet Jeremiah reminds us: "I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.” The mystery is always made known as we accept God's endless invitation to be made whole.

By Brian Prior from D365