Cities

I met an organist, an old man, of Christian faith, not interested in history, or his own past; instead, he is intent on an unlimited future.
I asked him why he still accepted engagements at St John's and St Stephen's Cathedrals in the city of Brisbane.  "Is it money, now you have outlived your contemporaries and retirement budget?"  "No! that's not it, and it has never been it", he replied, clearly annoyed by the ignorance of his inquisitor.  "It's the beautiful choral expression of sacred text and sacred music united with the Spirit.  Nowadays, when I am fortunate enough to play in one of the cathedrals, and only then, am I joined with my late, much-loved wife and my dear son. Other than then, I can only dream of joining them in eternity. 'For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come (Hebrews 13-14)'. ''