Mission Reformation | Part 8
May 11, 2025 | Written by Second Deputy Friar Bill Broadhurst.
Day Last: Many Partings
The morning brought the dissolution of our band. Each headed by their own way, some to other venues in the kingdom and others back to the hills. The troop dispersed as treasured friends, with many glorious tales to tell and much to contemplate.
Thus endeth the dispatches….
This is a blog to 2nd Pres Roanoke, not of it. I wrote it for musing and amusement, guided by my firm philosophy, “the truth need not get in the way of a good story.” Nor were all of the real truths I discovered new ones; take for example, “Nobody’s cooler than Chris Link.” Old news.
But sometimes higher truth and place come together in time, and this week gave me that. I’ll close by sharing the readings prepared for our final day.
John 10:14-16 (excerpt):
“I am the good shepherd… and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.”
And from Hannah Hurnard, Hinds’ Feet on High Places:
“When you continue your journey there may be much mist and cloud. Perhaps it may even seem as though everything you have seen here of the high places was just a dream, or the work of your own imagination…But you have seen reality, and the mist which seems to swallow it up is the illusion.
“Believe steadfastly in what you have seen. Even if the way up to the high places appears to be obscured and you are led to doubt whether you are following the right path, remember the promise,
‘Thine ears shall hear a word behind you, saying This is the way, walk ye in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.’
“Always go forward along the path of obedience as far as you know it until I intervene, even if it seems to be leading you where you fear I could never mean you to go.”
I had a good time. Thanks for inviting me.
Second Deputy Friar.
