WALKING TO THE SUN TSOC 120910 Thursday

TSOC 120910 Walking to the Sun
December 9, 2010
Thursday

Peter sings,
“Rising up falling down goin’ round in ageless circles
Spotlight upstaging all our wanderings
Chasing and dreams and desires
They don’t know the distance from the fire
It shines on everyone
Walking to the sun”

Peter and I were in the Kansas City area in October to do some singing and Bible study. Now, I need to clarify that in the division of labor between us, Peter does all the singing and also some Bible study. Whereas, music lovers and music critics have asked me to focus my attention on Bible study. We were graciously hosted at the Hollis Retreat Center http://www.holliscenter.org/
As you can see in the picture above Peter was “goin’ round in ageless circles.”

This past Sunday my colleague Pastor Ruth Ann preached an amazing sermon on HOPE. You can read it or listen to it be going to http://www.bethany-denver2.org/church-life/sermons/?sermon_id=160

In the sermon she talked about getting from one place to another place. Sometimes it seems like “we can’t get there from here.” Isn’t that the truth? In the story of Christmas we like Mary and Joseph make our way through the highways and byways of our time, culture, background and situations. We go forward in this process of faith by walking, taking it one step at a time.

This past year, five of my buddies from church joined me in training for and then successfully completing the Denver Marathon. (Standing ovation). You can see a picture of our happy team at http://revup-rtg.blogspot.com/
Andrea, Bob, Brenda, Sarah, Mark and myself trained all summer in order that we might be able to achieve our goal. We named our team, “Faithful Soles.”

I’ve learned many lessons in doing marathon walking. But, probably the most important thing I’ve learned along the way is how grand it is to have “walking buddies.” The take home lesson for today is to find and relish an “Advent Accompanist” someone who walks and talks with you along the way.

In this story of Christmas, we’re walking to the sun, with the Son!

Joyfully,
rtg