Follow me

After the two days, he said to his disciples, "Let's go back to Judea." They said, "Rabbi, you can't do that. The Jews are out to kill you, and you're going back?" John 11:7-8

From The Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke... No waiting the beyond, no peering towards it, but waiting to degrade not even death; we shall learn earthliness, and serve its ends, to feel its hands about us like a friend’s.

Moving on

So much of what Jesus said seemed like riddles, his friends chasing to catch his meaning – even those closest to him whom he loved dearly. Maybe that’s why he always says “follow me”, never “worship me”. We make him static when he’s always eluding our grasp and moving on to the next thing. Gus MacLeod