Stir up the fire

(A reflection on 2 Timothy 1:6-7)

Dear Timothy:

I was just remembering our travels visiting churches. We had my tent, but those cold nights by the fire. You, me, Luke, others. We talked about Jesus, about following.

Remember how the fire would burn down, til there were just coals? If someone sat close, it was warm. But just sitting around the circle, we started to get cool, to get distracted.

But then you moved closer to the fire. You wanted to be helpful, so you moved the logs around. You knocke...