Tidings from Thomas
Do you have childhood memories of road trips? Whether it was a two-hour drive to visit grandparents or the long haul to Disney World, there came a point in every childhood road trip at which I was simply ready to be done. I was done counting out of state license plates and playing cow bingo. I was done looking for funny signs. I was simply done. This usually resulted in annoying my parents with different versions of, “How much longer until we’re there?”
I have started and stopped writing these words multiple times over the weekend. I have deleted text and thrown away paper because nothing I seem to write adequately conveys what I am feeling and thinking. Regardless, I am compelled to offer a pastoral word in response to the events facing our nation and state.
Perhaps you have heard the John Lennon quote, “Life is what happens while you are busy making plans.” Over the last few weeks, we have made lots of plans, altered those plans, revised our alterations, and just plain started over. That has been the case for Central, but I am sure it has equally been the case for all of us in different ways.
