Process Note: Heading Into the February 20-22 Weekend with Haviv Rettig Gur, Melissa Chen and Mortimer Adler on My Mind

It's 8:51 PM EST on Thursday. This morning's reading in the Book of Matthew for the second day of Lent led to some important avenues for further development of my Christian Zionist political theology. Then later in the morning, instead of studying the Quran, I spent about an hour and a half thinking with YouTube about current events and Islam on a political level, with particular attention to Iran, admittedly from a pro-Israel American perspective. I ended up listening to the first 15 minutes of a 1-hour discussion between Haviv Rettig Gur and Melissa Chen about the China-Iran relationship. During my late afternoon office hours, I clarified that my "Watch of the Polis" will run from 7:30 to 8:30 PM each evening. That's when I will do my primary thinking in political theology. By the time I reached 7:30 PM tonight, however, I still had an important hour of Centaur Ignatian Examen blog roll-out ahead of me. Since I still have the energy, I am now taking a few minutes before a 1-hour late Compline (my eremitic rule allows for some flexibility) to post this brief update. 

I had hoped to be doubling my attention down on How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler during my Watch of the Polis this weekend. That's still a possibility, but my conscience is torn. I am weighing a continued deep dive into the conversation between Haviv and Melissa as a potential higher priority: 

Send discernment, Abba. What is your will for me here?