Christian spirituality: Home by a favourable wind
Our lives are constantly threatened by unfavourable winds that instead of leading us closer to home, sow doubt and confusion. Photo: Shutterstock.com
It is said in Homer’s Odyssey that when Odysseus was longing to return home to his wife and son, he reached the floating island of Aeolia. This island was home to Aeolos, keeper of the winds, who had captured the strongest winds in an ox-skin bag. Seeing how much Odyssesus longed to return home, Aelos...