​WANTED

Bold, brave, adventurous souls to accompany me on a fateful voyage across uncharted seas.

Final destination? Home, though not the home you have left behind, but a place both strange and new.

First few stops? Uncertain. Perhaps off the maps entirely.

Length of journey? Unknown.

Hazards and dangers? Many, from stormy seas to the limits of your own endurance.

Cost to you? Your time, your wealth, and possibly your life itself.

Rewards? Beyond imagining. Glory? Riches? Knowledge? Only God knows what we will find.

Opportunity? The kind that comes once in a lifetime and changes the course of history.

Will you come with me?

-- Christopher Columbus, reimagined in 1491

On this Columbus Day, we remember a voyage that reshaped the world. A journey born from vision, courage, and conviction.

While Columbus’s expedition opened new frontiers, it also began encounters that forever altered the lives and lands of Indigenous peoples.

History remembers Columbus as a man of daring ambition, yet his legacy is woven with both triumph and tragedy. The spirit of exploration is inspiring, but it also reminds us that discovery always carries a cost.

As we reflect today, may we honor the courage to venture into the unknown, and the humility to learn from what we find.

True exploration asks us not only to celebrate what was achieved, but to understand the full story that unfolded.

Will you come with me?

Not just to celebrate the voyage, but to embrace the truth within it.

Happy Columbus Day.