I have to say that yesterday was a great birthday.
Yesterday was a great birthday.
Trish fixed pancakes for breakfast. This is always a good thing.
Doug took me out to lunch before the meeting. This was good.
The meeting went swimmingly. I was challenged stongly to respond to my psyche eval from Midwest Ministry Resources. Yay. That was less than fun, but the committee member (John) framed the question in an interesting way which opened up the conversation into something helpful.
There was laughter and good theological musing. Most of the meeting was about my life and continuing "self-care" issues. It was almost fun. Really. Who knew?
The most entertaining moment for me was this:
I was asked about my prayer life, specifically if I had a chance to explore contemplative prayer as a discipline. I replied "Yes, but you might think me a bad Baptist." I refered to my icon wall and the agnus dei that I pray every morning. As I was explaining myself and formulating a theological response to what I thought would be objections. Instead there were all these knowing smiles around the room. It seems that most of the members of the committe have their own collections of icons. You know, I love this denomination.
After the meeting, Doug and Carol took me out for birthday pie. I love pie.
Trish took me out to dinner. About 18 people joined us. It was great. Indian food and lots of friends. It was a great time. I was given a bingo cage, you know, one of those very important tools for my future ministry, and a picture frame that defies explanation and I love it. Very thoughtful gifts.
It was a very good day. I think I will like 34.
Posted by tripp at January 28, 2004 10:00 AMhappy birthday tripp!
(i'd forgotten that you practically have the same birthday as my friend eric--who is actually scarily like you in many ways. i guess that's one victory for astrology)
Posted by: upyernoz at January 28, 2004 11:54 AM