First Day of Frisbee

It is officially warming up.  The sun is shining today and the opportunity was not wasted at the Wartburg Seminary campus. An email was sent out over the student server sharing a call to join in on the wonderful game of Ultimate Frisbee. The call was answered.
    At 2 p.m. this afternoon half a dozen seminary students paraded on to the field to pursue the glorious adventure of throwing a platic disc back and forth between different people.  The appeal of this event may be obvious, but let me expound on its significance. Ultimate fribee is a sport that is a cross between soccer and football, but played with a frisbee instead of a ball.  Teams line up on opposing endlines and one team commences play by hurling the disc to the other end of the field in a move called a 'kickoff' (see the similarity to football?). The other side, upon receiving the thrown disc, moves to get open so that the team member who picked up the frisbee can throw it to them.  When a player receives the disc, she or he cannot run forward, but moves the disc down the field through fine displays of teamwork, strategy, and gutsy moves of hustling down the field to receive the thrown frisbee.  It is a joyous occasion when one team moves the disc all the way to the other end of the field and past the endzone line and scores a point.  It is a wonderful game and I am glad to say that the Juniors won this afternoon's match!
     I tell you that to tell you this. There is something simply great about getting outside with brothers and sisters in Christ and doing stuff together, even if it is things as ridiculous as chasing down a round piece of plastic.  In the fellowship that we share with one another, we share Christ.  This shared experience of Christ is enhanced even more when it is set in God's creation, under the great blue sky and soaking in the sunshine.  All in all, it was good to be here at Wartburg Seminary today where we shared in the sunshine with one another and, most importantly, we shared Christ.