GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE

Sitting here is sunny South Bend, Indiana, waiting for the cab that will take me to the airport and home again in time for tonight's small group - Guns 'n' Moses! It's actually dull, damp and chilly, but I'm staying right across from Notre Dame and thinking about better days when the sun does shine and tens of thousands of faithful football fans crowd into the stadium I can see on the other side of the street.

Had a good day here yesterday, hanging out with a good young pastor (most of them are young nowadays!) who has been through some tough times and had to face them pretty much alone. I didn't have a whole bunch of helpful suggestions, nor was I brimming over with solutions to his problems, but the fact that I came may have encouraged him and we have established a connection which I trust will be a support to him in the future. People are important and we need to care about them - Jesus does!

Here's a weird thing about Indiana. Did you know you can move around within the same state and be in different time zones? So we're on EST here in South Bend, but down the road with the pastor I have been visiting, they're on Central time. I can cope with the fact that flying into Chicago this morning I will arrive before I left (leaving South Bend 10.40, arriving Chicago 10.30) - but in the same state? Can't they just get on the same page? Wouldn't it make things a whole lot easier? It's not as if Indiana is enormous.

Kind of reminds me of some churches I know!!