The lovely thing about Moravian Falls is also that which will test you to the max. Whereas you feel you have stepped back in time to live the quieter, gentler “hometown” feeling of the late 40’s and early 50’s, the slowness of actually accomplishing a forward thrust on projects (for those of us who have lived much of our lives in New York City, where you live twice as fast as everyone else alive), can be wearing.

He has S-L-O-W-E-D D-O-W-N the process. Oh, it will get done. But not today. There’s deer season or turkey season, or a month’s worth of vacations. In summer everyone melts into the sand on the beach (the ocean is but a “stone’s throw” away, close enough to take the entire family.)

If you can put yourself into first gear, like you’re driving up a mountain road, and relax about driving – you’ve got it. But as the passage of time slows – so that you can actually get a good look at the passing scenery, your breathing gets deeper, and your heart slows, and you begin to experience – what is that? Peace?
Remember the days you would lie on your back in the summer grass and watch fireflies? Remember rocking in a rocking chair or swinging on the porch swing, listening to sounds of the night? How long has it been?

Well, in Moravian Falls, these soul enriching activities can still be reintroduced into your schedule.

But if you want something to go quickly. Nope. Just settle back and put up your feet. But it will eventually get done.

In Moravian Falls, we step forward, and then we sit down to consider that move for twice as long.

Our saying up here is that “well, it’s Moravian Falls time.” We give each other a knowing smile and a wink. But it’s home and we love it. And – we’ll “get ‘er done” “before the cows come home.”

 

We are not having our open prayer meetings at the moment.