Invitation to the Road

Invitation to the Road
by Steve Ng


From the Confirmands on Adult Confirmation Sunday 7-14-13
    to the congregation of Central Congregational Church, Dallas, TX

We, the ones who have been traveling,
we offer you the road.
It is the road we have found ourselves on
It is the road you are on already, though
you may not know you are on this road
or on any road at all.

We see you
sitting there
standing there.

We look down and
we see your feet
next to ours
on this road together.

Like us
You will do many things on this road.
You will cast your heavy stone into placid water
and watch the disappearing ripples.
You will build a shrine to all that is
and all that will come its way.
You will talk freely
as the wind blowing grass in the field.
You will find that quiet spot
where you never would have stopped before.
And you will feel refreshed
for all the roads that lie ahead.

So let us move our feet along this road
Because when we walk together
The journey is sweet
The road is smooth

And it will be your footsteps
that make this road sacred.