Where . . . ?

The "where" question may help us with other questions.  Thinking in terms of the Christian faith, I wonder where people were standing when Jesus made his way to the banks of the Jordan river seeking his cousin, John.  Where, for instance, was his mother standing?  Maybe in town, maybe some miles away .  Where was Simon, soon to be renamed "Peter" standing?  Where was Andrew standing?

Were some people who became important to Jesus crowding right up front?  Others who became important to Jesus mixed into the crowd?  Way to the back.  Some, maybe, sort of interested but part of some other crowd or interest?

Where were you standing when questions of faith began to pester you?  Where are you standing now?  Have you been standing since questions of faith began, or have you been moving, shifting, walking, leaping, shifting positions?

It's not enough to ask, "Where do you stand?"  in fact, that's a particularly useless question.  It implies stasis, death, stagnation.  Where were you standing implies history, and implies that you might not be standing there now.  Where ARE you standing suggests a point on your pilgrimage, but not the final goal of a life well lived.

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