Chapter 3: [Entertainment] Gearing up… for recon...

[Entertainment]

Moose adjusts his ear pieces.

prsht “Art-bot, Q-bot, you with me?” prsht

Moose adjusts his coat, snaps the collar in place.

prsht “Affirmative, Captian!  Visual and audio linked.  Systems nominal.  You sound …. Caffeinated.”  prsht

Art-bot’s reply is smooth and steady through the static of the shortwave.  The hum of her workstation filters through.

prsht “Bzzzzrit!  Perka cho cho rrrrizipit taaaaa!”  prsht

prhst…

“We’re going to open today with Psalm 111: 2 again.  The Works of the LORD are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them.  And then we’re going to turn to…

Proverbs 4: 20-27

“My son, give attention to my Words; incline your ear to my sayings.  Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.  Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.  Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.  Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you.  Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.  Do not turn to the right or the left; remove your foot from evil.”

Today for our recon we are going to be searching for the Works of the LORD while we are pondering the paths of our feet.  We ponder the paths of our feet in the same way that we ponder everything.  Three tiers.  There is the literal, the metaphorical, and the Spiritual.  So like, for instance.  Yesterday’s ‘No Straws Protest’.  It was called ‘Manifest Destiny’.  It was a reference to American expanding westward in their control of territory.  There is some history behind it if you’re interested.  My feet were walking westward.  So pondering the path of my feet got me to the title of the protest giving it context.  A metaphorical meets literal.  Literally, I was walking westward.  Around my feet?  Depends on where I was.

I did see a few potential shows.  I always encourage the crew to consider dual purpose shows.  Shows that have some kind of civic service worked in.  For instance.  I saw one place, not far from a feeding station, where there was a pile of cigarette butts on the ground.  Mostly one kind.  Implying one main person.  Idea for shock show?  Bring broom and start sweeping area.  A bit stand-offish for my tastes, but I’ve done it before.

For the record, as well, I don’t care if the crew smokes.  That’s between them and Jesus.  Cleaning up after oneself is always courteous though, which goes a long way in loving your neighbor.  Also, for the record, I don’t smoke.  And crew, please don’t leave beer cans on people’s lawn.  Bad form.  Broken glass a big no no too.  Thinking out-loud at this point.

So.” prsht

prsht “I’m gearing up!” prsht