meditatio at the water's edge

Randy and I are meeting with some folks today at the Urban Mill. I'm really going to be in trouble for doing this because Torie wanted to take me there (it might be the first time she ever found a good coffee bar before me!). Well, I already got in trouble for going once, and now it will be twice and neither time with her. I owe her big time I guess.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to the conversation with some guys who are wondering about what's going on with the church--so-called 'emerging church' guys. These folks (and I hope there is a female voice in the conversation today) are really trying to make sense of our vocation and culture and all that. Good stuff is happening there.

In other realms, I'm working on some thoughts for my message at Jenison this Thursday on Samson. There are some fascinating insights here related to vocation. It's the tragedy of so many lives to have a vocation and disrespect it. It gets me thinking about whether or not I am disrespecting my vocation. I'm sorry to say that often I do. I don't want to, and there are times when I really feel like I'm living out my vocation. Those are good days. Anyway, I'll post the manuscript on my other blog when it is finished--maybe tonight.