conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

o-dark thirty

So, once upon a time, when I lived in a retreat center, there was this guy amed Walter. We called him "Walt." Walt was the Executive Director and a pretty amazing man. He was also a retired Lt. Col from the Army. He was discharged when he was diagnosed with diabetes. At any rate, Walt always called this time of day "o-dark thirty."

I woke up at 4:00 and was unable to sleep. Trish was awake with the TV on. She too was sleepless. She is now asleep in bed. I managed to get her to fall back asleep, but am not up all on my own. Maybe I'll get a chance to sneak back to bed later. Who knows.

Today is Saturday. Something about the streetlights and what I think is an overcast sky (I'll know more soon enough.) make it look like we got a dusting of snow. It's that early morning gray. It has always fooled me like that. So, welcome to the first snow of May for this year.

Well, we had our first pre-marital counseling session last night. There will be three...not including the worship planning stuff. It should be fine. It is not one of those "really thorough detail oriented" models where in one session you talk about money and then in the next you talk about family yada yada yada. It is more like this: The wedding itself is a microcosm of your life together. Let's talk about that. Let's talk about how connflict comes. Let's talk about how people are changed by marriage but not changed into the person you sent away for from the 'design your own spouse' catalogue.

This will do just fine.

Cliff and I are meeting today to write. I hope I can get back to sleep. There is some good news though...I managed to find a book! It is not the one that sprouted wings sadly. It is one by a guy named Max Thurian. In The Eucharistic Memorial he suggests that Calvin's theology of the Holy Spirit in the eucharist is taken "from a sermon attributed to Chrysostom by Erasmus and printed in the edition of his works published at Basel in 1530." That'll do. God bless Martha Moore-Keish for her help. This book will help tons.

Posted by tripp at May 8, 2004 05:11 AM