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Remember Walkmans?
Remember cassette tapes?
Well in that same era, I have a distinct memory of “borrowing” my mother’s Jane Fonda workout tape and putting it into my walkman. I set off on a walk. The design of this particular workout was to support you on a walk, giving you guidance and encouragement along the route as you listened to the music. So you’d bop along to the groove and every once in a while, Jane would pop on and say, “Try to push from the back leg as you walk to propel you forward.” Or she’d suggest lengthening your stride after walking for a time.
I still think of her advice when I’m walking “with purpose.” Her tips made an actual difference. They turned a casual and absentminded stroll into an intentional series of movements and stretches.
This Sunday, we come to a portion of the Epistle of James that tries to figure out what differentiates a living faith from a dead faith. The writer believes that it has a lot to do with how it’s worked out, how active it is, how intentional, used, and lived in it is. Maybe reflecting on it together can help stretch our faith a bit, reminding us that faith is something we do, not something we have.
In Faith,
Pastor Lea