Seasons of
the Spirit

A few years ago our family was on a hike in the low mountains around Kelowna. There is this hiking trail that is a converted rail line and the views are spectacular - usually. Because on this day we saw no view. The clouds lowered down like a blanket around the mountain and entirely closed in on us. Fog prevented us from seeing down the cliff to the right, up the mountain on the left, behind us from where we came, or in front of us in the direction we hoped to go. We were surrounded and did not know the way, except where we thought the path would lead.

Often in our journey we do not see the way forward, it's foggy, unclear, and fearful. Some have called this the "cloud of unknowing," a fog that makes everything uncertain; but it is often very the place where we find God most present. It was in the 'fog' that Jesus walked out to the disciples on the boat. It was in the 'fog' that Jesus met Mary at the tomb. It was in the 'fog' that he appeared to his friends on the road to Emmaus. We do not see him, but Jesus sees us, and walks towards us. 

Some say that our faith journey moves through seasons. Some seasons feel like a foggy mountainside and others feel like a bright wide open space. In this series we will explore the ways that we grow in various seasons of our faith. Using the life of David as an anchor point, we will reflect on our own lives of growth and ask questions our own questions. We hope that in seasons of evident life, or dark stuck-ness, we will know that we are growing because God’s presence is with us in all times.