July 2026 - Summer Newsletter
I see myself standing on the banks of a fast-flowing river. I know I must cross, but there is no bridge. Then a Christ-figure comes to me carrying a large boulder and places it in front of me, in the river, inviting me to step out onto it. Every day he brings another boulder, another stepping stone. Every day I move farther into the waters, balancing precariously on my fragile faith.
One day he is late. I turn around, mid-river, and only then do I see where the boulders are coming from. He is de-constructing my cozy little cottage on the shore in order to turn it into stepping stones for my onward journey.
He is using my past to create my future.
He is asking me to reach out with both hands – one to let go of all I thought I couldn’t live without, and one to reach toward everything I thought I could never attain.
~ adapted from “Stepping Stones” in Compass Points by Margaret Silf