The way of imagination

  ·         Text : Philippians 3.2-11       Think, for a moment, of your most successful, conventional, respectable, upstanding, “normal” friend.   You know, the predictable, dependable one – the one with a steady job (or perhaps retired after an honourable career), the one who gives you a sense that all is well in the world.   Now, imagine the phone ringing this afternoon, picking up the receiver (if you’ve got a land line) and hearing your friend’s voice say – “I’m in jail. Can you please come and post my bail?”   Several things might go through your mind at that moment – is this a joke? …a prank in poor taste?   Then again, that kind of chicanery would be completely out of character for my serious, respectable friend.   What could they possibly have done? …has there been a mistake?   Should I just hang up, forget my friend’s existence, and carry on with my quiet, pleasantly boring life?  ...