Presence and Voice-Overs

I went to the KRCU Breakfast at the River Campus this morning and was surprised to see a good crowd who came out to see an NPR Science Person named Joe Palca.  They had, apparently, heard him often and wanted to see what he was really like.  I never listen to the radio so he could have been anyone to me.

  With Amanda Lincoln

But people were waiting to hear him speak and receptive.   They even were taken back about his science probings on air and could not wait to ask more questions.   The questioning had to be cut off and I was happy it was because I had some things I wanted to do with the rest of the morning.   As I walked to my car, I kept reviewing his presence here and listening to the mental voice-overs in my head from his questions.   He was a real presence in the room and he played his role well.  Even I sensed that he was a man who was comfortable in his own skin and thought that he was doing a service to the would-be scientist who wanted to be informed about carbon and weather-traipsing and the like.

I wondered if I had to make new definitions of the "Ministry of Presence" to include people who have nothing to do with death and dying and  include those who minister to the realm of living and learning.   If so, that includes a wide scientific body!  Christ said, "I am come that you may have life and life more abundantly!"  Isn't that what all of us are supposed to do in this business of living!