Foolishness

On Sunday we closed our worship gathering with this benediction:

May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain in to joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.


And so, yesterday I became foolishness enough to think I could ride my bicycle some 7 miles to the office. During the course of that 40 minute journey I learned a few truths:

1. My bicycle seat is very, very hard.
2. There are more hills between my house and the church than one might realize.
3. Though one never forgets how to ride a bike, a 15 year hiatus will get you out of bicycle shape.
4. I need to pull the trigger and buy a scooter.
5. Seriously, that seat is really hard.

But, I didn't use any gas that morning.

Not only is gold gas very expensive, but I'm thinking more and more about the environment these days. More on that coming soon...