Running With Jesus

When I was a teen I read Malcolm Boyd’s book of prayers, Are You Running With Me Jesus?. Malcolm’s conversations with Jesus, recorded in the 60s, are honest and countercultural. I appreciated his informal way of talking to God. His title question suggests uncertainty; it could also be taken to imply that the run is Malcolm’s rather than Jesus’s (though the prayers suggest otherwise). Today I ask, “Am I running with you, Jesus?” I’m surer now that Jesus is running in this world, and I realize I’m often running in a different direction. But I would rather run with Jesus.