The Long Search

The Long Search--The High Climb

The Long Search is open to anybody.  It does not have a tidy beginning, middle or end. You are on it the moment you start wondering where you were before you were born, where you will go when you die, and what you are on earth for in the meantime. If you knew the answers, then you would not ask the questions. But other people’s answers should be worth collecting. And, so should other people’s questions.  

                                                                                   Ron Eyre

                                                                        The Long Search

In the early 70’s, a 16 part TV series ran called “The Long Search.” The narrator, Ron Eyre, walked the audience through major world religions and its various expressions. He asked how each one connected the individual with meaning not of their own making. Where is the light uncreated?  Let us open our eyes to it in each world religion.  

I recall the closing segment. After so many shows, you want to hear something at the end that ties it all together.  This is what I heard:

Show me where you want to go.  What mountain do you wish to climb.  Then, I shall show you what mountain climbing gear to take.

All I know about mountain climbing is this—it’s a fool who goes alone!  You climb a mountain with others, all are tied in—the inner connections are the climb itself.  Each world religion is about some dimension of community and its medium for gifts of God for the people of God (however we understand the name “God”). 

This blog is about people’s stories—your story in fact—and if it leads anywhere, I hope that it provides some good questions, a fresh perspective, and a companion for the climb.