From Loveland, to Santa Cruz to London!

Be encouraged that we do not walk this journey alone... Believers all over the world are attempting to create space for God in their lives this Lenten season. Pastor Joe knows of people in Santa Cruz, CA that are taking part in our online pilgrimage. Hello to our friends in Santa Cruz!! As I was spending time last night in worship and research for the upcoming Holy Week, I stumbled across some of our brothers and sisters in London. They too have journeyed together on a Lenten Pilgrimage through a blog. I think you will find it uplifting, encouraging and fun to read. Check out their journey at...

http://www.freshworship.org/lentblog07


Here is one of the entries from Grace Church in London that really hit home for me. Check it out...














a reflection on the image...

i have been struck by doug aitken's image of an armchair in the desert [i think it's a desert - it could of course be a beach?].
it's a still image.
the chair is un-used and dusty.
in front of it is the edge of a bush.
for some reason it got me thinking about prayer, deserts and burning bushes.

where is god?
prayer is like sitting in the chair and waiting.
the desert is away from it all.
whilst that sounds great, it also looks pretty bleak.
it's a risk to sit and wait.
after all nothing may happen...

the bush isn't burning.
i guess moses passed the bush when it wasn't burning many times - it was an ordinary bush. it was only one time it burned.
but all ordinary ground can be holy, seared with the presence of god. but who can say which piece of ordinary ground will become a window,
a thin place,
a site for the holy,
burning,
electric as the go between god makes the connection?

the temptation is to revisit a site where this happened once,
but god doesn't stay still,
god is moving on,
beckoning forward,
not concerned with nostalgic spirituality.

so i want to sit in the chair and pray,
to go to the desert place,
but i'm not expecting the bush to burn.
prayer may help me see other sites in days to come that may burn with the holy.
prayer may help me hear where god is calling me to move on next.

i was reading the scripture ask and it will be given, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened.

maybe the risk of prayer is worth it...

i'll sit in the chair