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| A CSB Trip in California to ascend Mt. Whitney |
Prison may not be the most sought after of locations to inspire world
changing writing but it was in Bedford prison in 1675 where a mender of
pots and pans penned what would become the most sold book of all time
second only to the Bible. By using the solitude and darkness of the
prison experience to inspire this allegory of the Christian life John
Bunyan joined the ranks of other world changers whose prison inspired
works are still deeply appreciated today, men like Fyodor Dostoevsky and
of course the Apostles John and Paul.
It is in fact the difficult times that provide the inspiration that
turns our stories into adventures. Each of us can look back at the dark
and difficult times of our lives and can see how it was in those times
that we truly came to know and depend on the faithfulness of God. It is
on the other side of the "valleys" that we can see that we are in fact a
part of the greatest adventure story ever written. And like Christian
in the Pilgrims Progress, Frodo in The Lord of the Rings, or The
Apostle Paul in his prison bound letter to the Philippians, truly great
adventures require the tension that make our lives a story worth
telling.
We
love stories of adventure. Our hearts thrill when our hero narrowly
escapes certain death and our hearts sink when the escape fails to
materialize. Without these highs and lows adventure ceases to exist. In
celebration of the importance of adventure in our lives we dedicated the
January issue of the Brigade connection to ADVENTURE; a part of life
that Christian Service Brigade has made a vital component of our
ministry for more than 77 years.The CSB Ministry Team
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