Gregory grew up along Simms Bayou in Houston Texas during the cold war and was taught to duck-and-cover in parochial school, saw bomb shelters sold in the maul but the world was just a curious place to an often precocious child who did not do particular well in school at first.
Dyslexia made reading a struggle until words became symbols of ideas. He sought to understand the why, the cause and effect and eventually the purpose.
He excelled in science but chose to enter Seminary attending classes at St Joseph's College in California at the age of 13 where doctrines, religious theologies, and ideology created a new world of more questions.
What is the truth?
The world was a mysterious place full of wonders and fascination but the people who wandered through his life became sources of confirmation.
Understanding that there is a limit to rationality alone was insufficient. Revelation was needed to grasp the meaning of life itself. The journey is the destination and the right question is the answer.
The kingdom of God and His righteousness is the great puzzle of the universe and the mystery of eternal life. Its pieces fit best together when we do not force them into place.
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