Wednesday's thoughts on Sunday's sermon

"Road Trip to Nowhere"

I've been thinking about road trips and the journey of faith and I've thought about the people who have made heroic steps that have become legendary.

I think of Abraham who left his own country and his own people and traveled to the Promised Land. He heard the voice of God saying that it was time for him to leave his comfort zone and venture out.

I think of Moses and the Exodus and the people who wondered where they were going. They wandered aimlessly. The people met with Moses and said to him, "Why have you taken us out here? Have you taken us out here to die? Were there too many graves in Egypt that you took us out here to die?" It is a hard trip to make if we don't know where we are going.

Our journey of faith involves that two-step process. We have to be willing to leave our comfort zone and we have to have a tolerance to ambiguity and to know knowing where we are going.

We have to be able to leave where we are and we have to be able to go to a place we are not sure about. Otherwise we will stay stuck.

When have you been on a road trip to nowhere and where did your journey end?

Furthermore, whom did you meet along the way?

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I look forward to hearing from you.


Charles Schuster

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