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Showing posts with label polka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label polka. Show all posts

Monday, June 2, 2025

A Lifetime of Learning

 "Texas hold 'em", is a polka game, that I am learning to play.  As the dealer was dealing, we were talking.  She said something important.  Something that I've got to tell my granddaughters, whom I teach their faith formation classes to because what this dealer said, applies to the Catholic religion.

The basics are fairly easy to learn.  That's true in "Texas hold 'em" and religion. But it takes a lifetime to master it.  That's true in both.

Now, to get that through to my granddaughter who thinks that she knows everything because she made her confirmation.




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