Tuesday, April 25, 2006
is there no escape?
I have a little bach/cabin/holiday house that the Taylor family use to escape, revive, reflect and build family memories. It’s about 40 minutes drive from the city, isolated and peaceful and a life-saver.
We’ve owned it for just over a year. We go to hide and crash. We know none of our neighbours. But it seems they know us. At 6 pm last night there was a knock on the door. A stranger. “I am looking for the pastor. Can he come and pray for my sick wife.”
Part of me is wonders how on earth this isolated community has worked me out; part of me is honoured to be asked; part of me fears that I have just lost my precious hideaway.
Posted by steve at 05:36 PM
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I seem to recall that Jesus had a similar problem : )
I reckon you should be more honoured than fearful…
I also guess that in “isolated” communities – unlike in the city – no-one is isolated, at least in the sense that everyone knows what is going on, and no-one can remain anonymous (though I’m sure there are lonely people everywhere)…maybe us sophisticated urban-dwellers have something to learn from the backward rural-dwellers…
Comment by Andrew Dowsett — April 25, 2006 @ 10:23 pm
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have a nice holiday and blessings.
Comment by [depone] — April 26, 2006 @ 8:00 pm
How do they now you’re a pastor?
Could it be the air of grace, sophistication that you bring???
could it be the cross shaved into the side of your head??? – we’ll no because that’s gone
or could it be because you were there on a Monday??
Or could it have been a word from God.
Comment by michael — April 27, 2006 @ 1:14 pm