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Wednesday, Week Eight

A church group went hiking in the mountains and soon became hopelessly lost. After a time of discussion, the preacher, in frustration, said, “Give me that map.” He had such confidence, no one worried even when he turned it over realizing, at last, he had it upside down. Finally, he announced with absolute certainty, “According to this map we are standing on top of that mountain right over there.”

The churches we grew up in often were wrong, but seldom uncertain. If the map differed from reality, then reality must be wrong. The truth is few of us really followed the maps they gave us, but somehow we got comfort from just having them.

At some point, you and I discovered that those maps really don't work for our lives. In fact, we were left completely off their maps. Still, most of us couldn't discard them. Many of us still expect the Church somehow to make those ancient maps work. Others are expecting to be given modern, or at least updated, maps. The truth is, well, as Jesus said, “No one knows where the wind comes from or where it is going. So it is with those who are born of the Spirit.”

The invitation is to live this day entrusting our lives to the wind. Sails up?

Blessings,

Michael Piazza
President, Hope for Peace & Justice

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