A New Journey

Yesterday was a super busy day. We toured Seattle from a duck…an amphibious WWII vehicle. We saw much. We had lunch at a cool on the water restaurant and headed to Safco for a Red Sox game that just happened to be in Seattle. It was a good in to a great experience.

At this point there are no more places to be. No one else to meet. No meals to be prepared. There are only ideas to be reasoned, picture collages to be made, and stories to be told. We can tell stories of eagles flying, whales swimming, meals on the beach, fireworks, memories of Buddhists and Episcopalians worshiping together. We met new people and helped changed each other. We asked many questions and got many answers. Often we found ourselves at the feet of God in stillness.

We will think different about the question who do you say that I am. We will minister to others in a new way. We are changed.

This journey is over and we have enjoyed traveling this road. We weren't sure where the path would lead us but we most certainly found our way to a deeper community and a deeper relationship with God. When we land in a few hours this journey will officially end and we will start a new journey.

We will take up a new scallop-shell of quiet. We will need a new staff of faith to walk upon, a new script of joy, immortal diet, bottle of salvation,gown of glory, hope's true gage and thus we will take a new pilgrimage.

Today marks the end of one journey and the beginning of another. Let us remember things from this journey as we embark on the new one. Let us remember the God we have rediscovered on this road. And let us always that we are all beloved children of God no matter where we find ourselves or wherever our journeys take us. As we approach this new pilgrimage, may we always love God, embrace beauty, and live life to the fullest…Amen.