WAITING FOR EMMANUEL Every summer I escape the heat in Kansas City to spend six weeks playing in a chamber orchestra in Lake Placid, NY, the heart of the Adirondacks. It was through hiking the high peaks that I learned how powerfully God can speak to us through the natural world. I have often been left speechless from the vast grandeur of His creation viewed from a mountaintop, or the simple beauty of a quiet mountain stream winding its way down into the valley. This world is