At the office, we walk for lunch or back and forth from the parking garage alot.  When I’m by myself, I’ll set the pace depending on what’s going on around me…  A little more leisurely is the sun is offering warmth, a brisker gait is the winds are whipping around the buildings from the west. 

But, when I’m with others, I find myself attempting the walk at another’s pace.  The younger ladies move a little faster, another moves a little more slowly , and yet still another, especially when she is not feeling well, walks deliberately – - you can detect that she’s hurting.  

Another lesson of the Emmaus walk comes from “Jesus himself drew near and walked with them.”  Jesus did not walk at the pace of a lesson plan, a curriculum, or a framework. He walked with them, at their pace.