Life is measured by moments and we should make the most of them. And from time to time, something happens: we are arrested by something unusual, something, someone that gets our attention.

Maybe it's God. Working in and through the situation. Trying to get our attention.

Frederick Buechner confesses: "What makes me a believer is that from time to time, there have been glimpses I've had which have made me suspect the presence of something extraordinary and beyond the realm of the immediate. You encounter the Holy in various forms, which, unless you have your eyes open, you might not even notice."

You don't have to be Moses for this to happen. We'll not all see a burning bush and pause to consider. But something else may burn very near.