In case you haven't heard, there is a new game in town.  It's called The Wild Goose Festival and I just can't remember being nearly so excited about something.  Wild Goose is a faith-based justice and music and arts festival happening June 23-27 outside Durham, NC. 

In the Celtic Church the image of the Wild Goose has long been held as a symbol for the wild, unpredictable, and un-tamable nature of the Holy Spirit.

Here's why I'm excited: yeah, my friends will be there and I like (most of) them. Yeah, I'll get to see some amazing art and performances and speakers.  But what I love about the Wild Goose is that NOW is the perfect time for it be happening.  Now is the time in which we have seen barriers between Christians fade away - even ones we'd just as soon keep around.  Now is the time in which Evangelicals are discovering social justice and in which Lutherans are diving into contemplative practices and in which people who have never been part of a church are being broken open by the Gospel and in which churches are realizing that GLBTQ folks are their brothers and sisters and in which the boxes and labels we have all been both protected and persecuted by seem to be falling away and that is nothing if not a result of a mischievous Holy Spirit.   The Wild Goose.  I can't wait to see what She's up to now.