Did the Biblical character Job do anything particularly special? That was one of the themes at Center Chapel’s men’s retreat which I attended this weekend. As it turns out Job really didn’t do much. However it was what he endured that made him memorable. Sometimes we might be Jobs ourselves, not necessarily doing something great, but instead enduring hardships and staying faithful.
I found myself in the equivalent of a men’s business meeting during the last group session of the retreat. I was able to keep myself quiet from saying “At Mt. Juliet we do it this way….” Still I guess it is not unusual to know that even at Center Chapel the problems are the same. Parking problems. Attendance. Time on the services. The problems are not unique to Center Chapel. We’ve faced and are facing the same problems at Mt. Juliet.
It was somewhat like a homecoming of sort. I had been to the group lodge at Cedars of Lebanon State Park before. My very first time was my first church retreat. 5th grade.