The Thin Space

Well, good morning, Cadre. Happy Sunday. Wherever you are, whatever is going on, I hope you are doing okay. And even if you're not, that's okay, too. On Sunday we talk self care. You're gonna see a lot of friends coming up later today. You'll see Jean this morning. You'll see Darryl this afternoon. Please, please, please check out Tiffany Norton going live this evening. A new Cadre contributor who is a comedian, a broadcaster, just a wonderful, wonderful human who's going to be holding space for you to kick off the evening before Jason and then doctor Evan from Australia jump on later this evening, our time.

Good morning, Jules. Hey, Jill, how are you? Nice to see you. Well, my name's JC Lippold. If we've never shared space and time together before, speak wonder. Nice to see you, my friend. Thanks for letting me have the opportunity to share some time with you. I talk about the idea of thin space on Sunday mornings. Normally it's about an hour later, but I am currently sitting in one of those little kid chairs. My phone is propped on a little wooden boat. I'm sitting in a church nursery right now. Hey, Marisa.

Nice to see you, my friend. Her name is Jackie is retiring from being a pastor today. Me and Jackie have led worship together for over 20 years now, and Jackie's now retiring. She used to be an education director. I was a senior high in music person. And then through the years and the decades, we've always been working together. And today is her last day. How often do we. Because I'm sure someone will say this morning, it's like, wow, time just flies by, doesn't it? You know, I'm from Minnesota.

So often we talk about how seasons fly by, right? It's like, oh, my gosh, it feels like yesterday it was just fall and now it's spring. Or, wow, where did that year go? Or oh my gosh, it's still February, right? Time seems to move faster and slower. Well, what's up with that? And how do we look at the idea of thin space, the space in between what has happened and what will happen, to really be able to be nourished by the moment that we are in? I'm going to share one more idea and then I'll share maybe something you can consider today.

Actually not an idea, but a thought that comes to mind. So I'm a big office fan. The tv show, the office. And in the last episode of the Office, after nine seasons of being on the air, in the last episode, the character Andy Bernard talks about how when he was in college, he was in an a capella group, and he's like, wow, those were the good old days. And then all throughout his adult work life, he kept talking about the good old days and wanting to go back there. Well, all of a sudden, at the end of the office, he's no longer working there.

And this group of people who, for, you know, a decade have been spending time together, he's like, now that this time is ending, he's wanting to go back to this time. He says, wow, this whole ten years, I've been talking about wanting to go back to the good old days when I was in college and now in my post working at the office life, I'm simply wanting to go back to being within this group of people again. And then he says, this really wonderful. Wouldn't it be nice if we could know that we are in the good old days before the good old days end so then we could appreciate that that's the thin space.

Like today, I have the opportunity to sit in a space that I've, you know, with. With a person that I've sat in spaces with on Sundays for decades. And, you know, this is also just part of who I am. Today's another really wonderful day to be a part of another wonderful day. Hey, Stephen. Happy, happy Savannah morning all the way up from Minneapolis here. You know, I'm really good at letting moments pass by and being in the next one. But I'll tell you, today will be the last time that I will sit in a space leading worship with someone that I've done that with for over 20 years.

And I have the opportunity today to be in this moment. Beezabits, 33. You are. You have one of my favorite Cadre names. Every time I see it, it just makes me smile. Nice to see you. Good morning. So I want you to consider, think about the good old days, and maybe if anything comes to mind, type in the chat right now. What are the good old days for you? Like, who's that group of people? Or what's that activity where you go, gosh, I'd really love to go back to that thing. I'll share one. I was a high school tennis coach for a really, really long time.

I still message my athletes and my coaching staff whenever it comes to mind. Whenever the season changes, whenever it's spring, all of a sudden it's like, oh, it feels like boys tennis season outside. Whenever it's fall, it feels like I should be putting on a hooded sweatshirt and getting ready for girls tennis season. Those were some good old days for me. But I also think back, I was so in it. Speak, wonder says the good old days were when their children were little. Yeah. Love those good old days that are now in the past.

And then maybe think of some good old days that you know are going to be in the future. I'm doing it in real time, right in front of you. Right. You're looking at me think I don't have a script. You're making me think. You're making me feel. You're giving me the opportunity to connect. So what about you? What are those good old days that you're waiting for in the future? I'm waiting for, you know, I'd really like to have a cabin. We had a cabin when I was a kid. And every once in a while, it's like, gosh, to be able to drive back to a place, that other place.

I'd love to maybe have that be my good old days in the future. Speak, wonder says. Good old days when I had my dream job being a radio dj back in Colorado, my friend. But now the last part of this exercise, think about the good old days you are in right now. Cadre is part of my good old days right now. Being able to go, it's like, wow. Right now I'm getting to be a part of the genesis of the Cadre sphere, and so are each of you. That's amazing. I'm literally sitting in a little nursery chair. I haven't been.

I don't feel called to have kids my own. I don't spend a lot of time with, with little littles. So the last time, this was a good old day for me. It's been a while, but I'll tell ya, I was in the Boston airport this past week and there was a. An area for kids to play and there was an Eric Carle segment on the wall, and I saw the hungry little caterpillar. I used to love Eric Carle books good old days from 40 years ago. Speak, wonder. I'm going to leave it with the words that you just said in chat.

The good old days are now, everybody, you have the option, you have the opportunity to think about how right now has some good old day magic in it. Find that today. And if you need a little bit more Cadre magic today, Gene, Daryl, Tiffany, Jason, Dr. Evan, then, by golly, we start all over again tomorrow. Have a good Sunday.