“Trip” carries the connotation of short-term travel, something lightweight and transitory. A “journey,” however, is long-term travel, during which one makes progress toward one’s telos or “goal.” It is a matter of formation rather than transformation. Perhaps Zacchaeus, in running ahead to see Jesus and being willing to overcome the little obstacles in his way, has already traveled far in his formational journey. He is a sinner, but one who is unafraid to encounter Christ anyway. — Christine Havens (Seminary of the Southwest) on Luke 19:1-10 episcopaldigitalnetwork/stw/2013/10/19/bible-study-24-pentecost-proper-26-c/
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