Massachusetts Trail

Taking Kelly's lead, I'm leaving my laptop at home, so I can just enjoy the weekend at Calumet. Yesterday, I re-discovered a game from 1985, which I promptly shared with my kids this morning: Oregon Trail. I was playing this very game in the computer lab at my elementary school when the Challenge exploded. It's all about working together as a family to make it from Missouri to Oregon before winter sets in or death overtakes you.

Check out these snippets from today's text:
Search for insight like a prospector panning for gold, like an adventurer on a treasure hunt.
Find all the good trails! Scout ahead for danger.
Keep from making wrong turns or following the bad directions of those who are lost themselves and can't tell a trail from a tumbleweed, traveling paths that go nowhere.
Join the company of good men and women, keep your feet on the tried-and-true paths.
It's the men who walk straight who will settle this land, the women with integrity who will last here.

I've been thinking all week about imitating Christ. He's our wagon leader. Look around and see those riding alongside of you. Get to know them, as we follow God together. In the game, it's the leader who dies last. In our lives of faith, Jesus dies first so we don't have to. How can we form a wagon train on this path called "the Way", inviting others to join us on this journey?