A Sabbath Sabbath

I am on vacation!  Today is a very different kind of Sunday for me. On summer Sundays, by 8:15 a.m. or so, I am at church puttering around with last-minute details of the 9:00 a.m. worship service and greeting the early arrivers. Blank frame.  Insert life. Summer worship starts earlier in the morning, but it…

Ten Questions on a Tuesday

Here are some questions I have seen around the blogosphere.  A very wonderful woman inspired me to answer them today: 1.  What simple pleasure would you miss most if it was no longer a part of your life?        goofing off I just liked it! 2.  What was one of your prized possessions…

Happy Birthday to me!

Three year old me For those who wished me a great day, your wish came true: A beautiful card and a great gift to wake up to Celebrating worship and communion with a congregation who sang “Happy Birthday” to me and enjoying some very good-natured kids of the church Hanging out with my easy-to-hang-out-with son…

Back to School Book Week: The "Wild Card" Book

Eren at The Vintage Chica started us on this fun week of celebrating our favorite books by genre.  Due to some Hurricane Earl challenges, “Freedom Friday” is on Saturday.  Today Eren invites us to name “any book you think is worth mentioning.”  I almost don’t want to do this because it’s so expected for a pastor…