I am thrilled to see a powerful airplane cut a straight path across the sky, above the mountains and the rivers, homing in on some distant destination. I am much moved when I watch a huge ocean liner disengage from the dock, slowly make its way out to the harbor’s edge, and then swing about, point its stately prow toward an oceanside city 3,000 miles away, and open all engines to full power. And I am inspired when I see a man who moves through life as though he is going somewhere and knows where he is going.

I want to talk with you now about pilgrim living in a vagabond world. I would base this upon something Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount: "Enter in by the narrow gate, for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who travel by it. But st…