Why hidden treasure?

Welcome to my first ever thoughts in cyberland!

Why hidden treasure? I'm doing an emerging church course at Cliff College (and having a lot of fun too). One of the assignments is actually starting an emerging church. So having struggled to get to grips with the fact that a thinker, reflector could possibly become an activist and do something, I then had to rack my brains about what this possible emerging church could be!

Finally hit on this idea, given that our tutor said church should be fun (and I'm all for that - I need some fun in my life) - I'm going to start a geocaching church. Cool, hey?

Never heard of 'geocaching'? Geocaching is what I would call high tech treasure hunting. Alternatively, it's walking with a purpose. Get a hand held GPS, log on to the geocaching web page (geocaching.com), find out where there's a cache hidden near you, bung the co-ordinates in your hand held and then you're off. The great thing about this is that you go outdoors in the gorgeous weather we've been having, get the wind in your hair, the sun on your face (or the rain down your neck) and experience life as it really is!

The 'hidden treasure' concept is that Jesus often talked about the kingdom of God being like hidden treasure, so in the process of having fun, chatting with anyone I can persuade to come with me, and hopefully throwing in some food along the line, I'm hoping that we might be able to discover some important things about God's hidden treasure of the gospel of Jesus.

Want to join me? Hop on.