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Wednesday, October 29, 2003 A la recherche de l'avenir One must risk looking into the immediate future; one must devote earnest thought to the consequences of one's own actions; and one must endeavor to examine one's own motives and one's own heart. One's task is not to turn the world upside-down, but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality. --Dietrich Bonhoeffer So many things I could write about... UWorship, an event for which I've been heavily involved in the planning, took place on Sunday night with around 1200 people. I'd love to hear thoughts from anyone who went. I also saw an excellent documentary at the Michigan Theater on Tuesday night, Bonhoeffer, about the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian and pastor who took a stand against the Nazis, saving the lives of a number of Jews, and was involved in a plot to kill Hitler, reasoning that one could not stand by and watch the man murder millions in silence--ironically, he was a pacifist and believed that war is a great evil. Bonhoeffer and his friends were eventually discovered, jailed, moved to concentration camps, and executed. The documentary is enlightening; it explores how one man chose to live righteously in a world gone mad, challenging us to do the same. For some reason, I found it emotional as well, perhaps due to its implied challenge--would I have refused to desert Germany when safety was offered in America? Would I have stood up for the weak and suffering under a regime that derided them as evil? Would I have dared to speak out against a powerful leader on national radio, to call others to rise up against the evil of his party when that could have meant imprisonment or death? These aren't questions I glibly answer. And I'm learning about patience, about waiting. God and I have been in constant conversation about this, especially in the last day or so, and I'm thankful that I've finally learned what to pray for. I usually pray for wisdom and clarity, but now there is something more specific. Yet I fear that now that I have more invested in an affirmation, I'm going to hear "no." But I trust in the One who knows me better than I know myself, the One who by grace has saved me from more mistakes and condign consequences than I recognize. No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto. --W. Clement Stone Word of the Day: Oscitation, noun: 1. The act of yawning. 2. Drowiness. ^ Top | 10:43 PM | | | 
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