At the Base of the Mountain
I am thankful for a group of resilient and faithful friends that stay ever connected in the digital world and speak honest and caring words to a couple of pastors and missionaries in training. Four of us, from coast to coast and the frozen middle. We challenge, refine and attempt occasionally to encourage one another. We often talk about our heroes and our failings and how it is sad that so much of life and posturing plays out in social media. One of us is poetic in nature and anonymous in desire. He prefers no platform and just quiet places far from famous to share Jesus with those you would least expect. We shall call him Matt Pilgrim . After a stirring week of conversation, he penned this piece that is honest and challenging to our modus operandi in the church. "At the base of the mountain: confusion. Sacred truths seem to slide toward delusion. Unwilling to trust the Good Creator, Weak faith cries out to see something greater. Hoping in vain I might better my odds, Here at t