Another busy Saturday

Riding to chapel for Morning Prayer I hesitated for a moment at a somewhat unlikely site. I couldn't help but notice this beautiful and yet somewhat threatening tree. Although I generally love the appearance of fall foliage and the beauty it brings, this year it brings a much different message...so pray for me that I might learn to praise God in a much colder climate.

After breakfast I made my way back to the Refectory where about 30 folks had gathered for a meeting of the Southeast Wisconsin Chapter of the American Anglican Council. It seems that there has been a gathering storm in the Episcopal Church for years and this orthodox movement has left ( or are considering doing so) the Church to remain true to what Scripture teaches. Having not grown up in the Episcopal Church I am unaware of all the events and decisions that have led up to the break in fellowship, but I agree with what they desire to do and that is to Preach Christ Crucified to a lost world. After introductions by our Dean, Father J. Philip Ashley spoke from Joshua 1 about what needed to be left behind from our pasts to proceed onward to what God has for us in the future. Oftentimes we hold on to the past so much that we fail to see what great plans God has for us in the future. I know how easy that is to do and have found myself doing that recently. "If only I'd stayed in North Carolina...I wouldn't be dealing with all the uncertainty of the present." It was a message to me of not looking behind but pressing ahead toward this new calling...and with God's help...I will.