Nearer, My God, to Thee…Seriously

We traveled up to the Alpspitze mountain in a cable car full of people one Sunday morning…I noticed people signing up at a special table at the bottom and also people carrying baskets which did not contain the normal German hiking things, like wine, coffee or cake. Once we arrived at the top and wandered a ways higher we found out the reason for these things. There at the very top, amidst the clouds and craggy Alpine peaks was a minister preparing for Sunday services. When the horn players arrived and started to play hymns which echoed beautifully I have to admit my eyes welled with tears. I thought to myself, NOW THIS is what God meant for a church. Once the service was over, the entire group of about 30 or 40 people all wandered joyfully down the rocky trail to the bottom of the mountain…their steps light.