Thursday, June 28, 2007

Aslan is on the move
In CS Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, there is a line in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardorbe that captures some of the excitement we feel when we experience the Holy Spirit moving. The land is dark and it is always winter. There is no hope. The children stumble into this cold, dreary land that is under the spell of the White Witch. The beavers take them in to protect them. The father beaver at one point says there is hope because, "they say Aslan is on the move."

Aslan is the lion and the Christ figure and very mention of his name invokes both fear and excitement in the children. They'd never heard his name before but immediately, they knew. They knew.

Where there was darkness and cold, the very mention of his name gave all hope. Aslan is on the move.

Just like Aslan, the Holy Spirit is on the move in Columbus. Much is happening. People are hungry. Very hungry --- starving is more like it --- for MORE. Deep down, many are saying, "there has to more than what I have been hearing and feeling in my church...there has to be more...surely, there has to be more."

There is.

There is more...so much MORE. Christ is moving through the community. People are hungry and the Great Liberator is about to set a lot of people free.

Freedom!

Soar!

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