Malls

 Malls are the cathedrals of shopping.  I like cathedrals and malls.  I am a priest who likes to shop.  I have my Mom’s genes.  There is so much to see in a really big mall and cathedral.  I walk slowly through them and take it all in.  Now you ask what is so spiritual about a mall?  Well, God is everywhere and anonymous.  Where is God in the mall?  Shopping. God does not reject the consumer society but rather works through it to help people to see that the brief happiness that comes with a buy is not going to fill them up.  Plus, God might be enjoying them enjoying their brief happiness.  Another thing I like about malls is that I get to watch and reflect on the people.  I do this in churches too.  Then I pray that each person I see will come to know this Power that works in all of us.  I sit in a comfortable place in the food court of the mall and meditate too.  Then top it all off with some pizza.  No place is beyond finding God.