The Bible: a book of new beginnings

We're drawn to exploration of what we don't know, much as the multitudes in Galilee were drawn to Christ Jesus. Exploration involves understanding what means most to us: our place and purpose in life's scheme.

Even in simple exploring, discovery springs up. I took a trip with my dad back to where our family had settled and lived for several generations. Over the years since I'd last visited this area, mementoes had reminded me of these family beginnings—my grandfather's pocket watch, a well-worn penknife, a family Bible.

As I walked around the farmhouse and traveled the roads where family worked together and visited under giant black walnut trees, I discovered many things. I realized the anchor of my family's life, and the words of that Bible given to my grandparents by their country church were infused with renewed meaning.

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