tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482710847363632858.comments2022-12-02T14:51:44.115-08:00Ken SymesKen Symeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11459635303438115559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482710847363632858.post-57309395233989935852010-11-16T07:17:24.334-08:002010-11-16T07:17:24.334-08:00It would appear from the picture/video that the pe...It would appear from the picture/video that the pedestrian bridge is doing what it is supposed to...it stretches across and is solid on each side at the ends...what it is placed upon may fall away...but the bridge itself is on a solid foundation. To put it in evangelistic terms...many of the so called tools we use are easily washed away and in turn fall away...but the core message, the Gospel itself is what is firmly anchored and not able to be washed away. The key difference is that the Gospel spans but the tools we invent to deliver the Gospel are themselves achored within the gap itself. This is a fundamental difference because one has the power and strength on its own to span and the other needs constant supports.Terry Symeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594857524240880284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-482710847363632858.post-73715465639860312992010-11-11T10:58:21.377-08:002010-11-11T10:58:21.377-08:00I often wonder if we went into the people helping ...I often wonder if we went into the people helping business because of the silent "soldiering on" we witnessed in our fathers. They did not share much of their experiences in the war...what they did share at times shocked me and at the same time romanticized the ideas of comradery, having a purpose and sacrifice. I sat this morning listening to the sounds of the trumpet wondering if that "quiet soldiering on" were them longing for those feelings of purpose and a life that had clear boundaries and purpose. What if the culture they came back to allowed them to explore the ideas of calling and purpose? What might they have become?Terry Symeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594857524240880284noreply@blogger.com