Last night I visited during the first senior high camp at Horton Center. I arrived just in time for the talent show. What a spirited time! Great fun. How do they come up with those skits? Our churches have some talented and committed youth and young adults.
As I went to sleep, the Genesis text (Gn. 28:10-22) from next Sunday's lectionary lingered in my mind. How does a "certain place" become for us a "sacred place"? Jacob experienced that in the text when he saw the ladder connecting heaven and earth and heard God's promise spoken afresh, directly to him. That promise, of course, had very public implications: "all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you." But, it must also have been reassuring to one trying to escape from the trouble with his brother. God promised to be with him through the journeys--through awful and awesome places. The "certain place" became for him, Bethel, the House of God and the gate of heaven.
Horton Center on Pine Mountain ("the Mountain") is like Bethel, a sacred place for so many, a place where God meets us and speaks to us. I was privileged last night to experience the energy, the spirit, the hospitality . . . and look forward to another visit soon.
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