Renewal in the Wilderness By Jim Paraboschi
M
ore than 20 years ago a thin book titled Who Moved My Cheese? became a worldwide bestseller. This allegorical story is about two mice and two little people who live in a maze and must search for cheese each day. Eventually, they discover a corridor with an ample supply of cheese, so they return there regularly. One day, all the cheese is gone, and they are forced to deal with this significant, life-altering change. Likewise, the theme for the 145th Annual Gathering of churches, “Making the Shift,” helped us to focus our attention on needing to respond to change as well. We were given the opportunity to reconsider what seems like sudden changes due to the global pandemic. But, in fact, the pandemic drew our collective attention to what had been hidden from view all along. Once various distractions had been taken away, we realized the cheese had moved.
Rev. Dr. Anna Robbins offered her perspective on the realities of the situation during the Ministers’ Convocation. Indeed, we live in a fractured and fragmented world today. People yearn to return to what feels familiar and gives them comfort. They want to repeat what was done in the past and see the same results. We like to believe we’re in control and like having our expectations met. We desperately want things to get back to normal.
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