Always be Ready!
This past weekend was one of lots and lots of emotion here in the Lyons family. We finished moving my oldest son, Phoenix, into his dorm up at Purdue (aka “the ONLY Indiana University” if you live in our house), and I’m not sure my wife has stopped crying yet (at least on the inside). It was also a weekend for amazement and an object lesson in what it means to “always be ready”.
“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” - Luke 12:35-40
As many of you know, Phoenix was accepted into the Purdue Varsity Glee Club this summer, an organization I have always been impressed with. This is its 114th year in existence - at a school without a music program! In fact, the lack of a music program is, I believe, part of the secret of its success. As a club that receives no university support, it is free of the pitfalls of church/state arguments, which means that it is able to unapologetically expect high moral fibre in its members and sing sacred music without fear of legal busybodies. Each year for the past 74 years, the PMO has hosted a Christmas Show (not a “Holiday Extravaganza” or “Winter Concert” - a “Christmas Show”) that is nothing short of spectacular. Typically, the first part of the show is traditional and modern, primarily secular, Christmas music with large dance/interpretive routines and lots of instrumentation. The second part of the show is then a Christmas Cantata that rivals anything I’ve ever heard (and I’ve heard a LOT of college/professional choirs). But I digress…
Back to this past weekend.
August 25th, 2007 at 1:20 am
Yes, ready and willing. Let me know when and where he will be in Florida.
August 25th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Let me know if/when they get to the Milwaukee area, and I’ll be there. And if you plan to make the trip with them, let me know; it’d be great to get together. I know a few places around town that are great for good conversation.