Wednesday, July 26, 2006, 10:32 AM - Extra Christy
My son and I are on the Dad & Lad Tour of colleges. One of them was Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. On the tour a section of fence in the middle of campus was pointed out. It was placed there in 1923 to serve as a meeting place for students, but students just passed it by.It served no purpose until a student painted a party invitation on it. (Think it was a marketing student?) The party was a huge success. Now everyone wanted to put their advertisements on the fence! So some rules were made: "The Fence must be painted between midnight and sunrise, in its entirety, using only paintbrushes. If you do not want your message painted over, the Fence must be guarded around the clock." (CMU website) Our tour guide explains that people camp out night after night watching over their message. It resembles a party more than a job. (There is even a grill chained to the fence for cook-out convenience.) Given a purpose, the fence has become a meeting place.
"Gospel" means "Good News" (it has the same root as "Gossip"; news that may not be so good). As I considered the lengths college students go to proclaim their message, I thought about the messages I proclaim and how I guard the good news to make sure the word gets out to others
Hoping your good news gets noticed today!
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ,...- Colossians 4:2-3a
