A reflection on the journey to 2010

by Bernard Thorogood

 

Connections

 We learn to make connections -

between ancient texts and modern minds

between Codex Sinaiaticus and the internet

between Pew, Pulpit and Public Presence

between the then-Jesus and the now-Christ

between the roller-coaster of human emotion

and the steady devotion of the disciple

between the local congregation and the universal church

between orthodoxy and the adventurous spirit.

So we prepare for ministry

that we may be those who connect

the once-only and the always of God

for healing, hope and grace.

It's a costly business,

in time, talent, money, family,

whether in a little Bible school

or an ancient university,

in distance learning or large seminary,

for in all theological education

we are slowly becoming

what we were called to be,

and that takes a lifetime.