"Free Wheeling It!"

I remember learning how to ride a bike – without the training wheels. My Dad taught me and he started by running beside me, with his hand on the back of the seat. He kept panting out “I’ve got you, I’ve got you!” Even though I knew that I could trust my Dad, I was still scared. Eventually, he either got tired of running or he got frustrated with my slow progress and he just gave a big push – and watched me go!

Maybe, he really knew when I was ready, because he changed his mantra from “I’ve got you!” to “You’ve got it!”

It seems like we’ve taken the chance, here at Abiding Love, and we are taking off the training wheels. I guess at 30 years old, it’s time. With the retirement of the founding pastor and the planned changes in leadership we are ready to free wheel it! We’ve been good at rolling along with the way that things have been done for a long time, but now we are trying to do some things differently. Worship Unplugged, Godly Play, Interim Pastors-- there is a whole list of “new”-- but there are plenty of things that remain the same. You can rest assured that ministry will continue and that in this time of transition, we will still worship, still teach, still answer the Call to Word and Sacrament, hospital and home.

I remember getting so good at riding my bike that I could throw my hands in the air and cry out, “Hey, Dad, look at me!”