We have

Thrown away the motors, and now we are sailing,
sailing,
sailing.

Last night we played basketball. unfortunately the national team didn't show up - nothing unusual. we ended up playing 5-on-5 full court with a bunch of us desert-beaten washed up "has beens." it was pretty tiring breathing in cold sand, but all was not lost. my boss said every time i blocked his shot he'd dock my pay a hundred pounds. ha, i'm gonna be broke this month - that's all i'm gonna say. today we successfully lifted a 300+lb wardrobe up a ladder and over the balcony of a friend's house. these are just a few of the things we do on our "foreigner" days.

Oh yeah, why are we always sailing? well, because there is always something that reminds us we are not in control. uncertainty and risk abound in everything we seem to do. nonetheless, we are always reminded that one has everything taken care of. laws change, policies attempt to keep us at bay, and the powers of this world continue to claim the upper hand. but they too often forget that a son made a public spectacle of them through his own humiliation and he continues to do so through us as well.

One time a few years ago a group of us were trapped in a building surrounded by people who wanted to hinder us. the sweet man in front of us told us we have thrown away the motors, and now we are sailing, sailing, sailing. and he simply asked for their eyes to be blinded as we walked past them in the open. and thus we did.

Again we find ourselves apparently hindered, but with a similar simple little seed we're just asking for favor as we keep trying to go where these sails are taking us.

Go now in the light...,
go now in the love...,
go now in the peace...,
go now in the joy...