conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

thursday sans sermon mumblings

Life goes by pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
- Ferris Bueller

I am not preaching on Sunday. I'll be in worship, but we have a guest preacher. Cate Wallace is going to grace our pulpit for a morning. It's the prelude to a class that she will be teaching in the winter currently entitled "Christianity for the Critical Thinker." I'm optimistic. I enjoy Cate a great deal...as I do most people who are smarter than I am. (Note: This is a great many people. Thus, there are many people I enjoy. This works out well, I think.)

Yesterday was the third outing for the golfers' ministry. I was barely in the office at all. It was a hot day for golfing, so I was exhausted when it was all said and done. I shot my usual round. I'm not good at the sport yet. The driver still gives me fits, but the 5 wood off the tee is a steady 200 yard club. So, I lived on it most of the day. Lovely. I added one more thing to our spiritual exploration of golf, suffering and evil...a pith helmet. Yes, since this is about proudly proclaiming that one is in the wilderness, one can do so with a pith helmet. If you are in the wilderness, wear the pith helmet! It's goofy, but people seemed to enjoy the opportunity.

So, some of you may have tried to stop by here yesterday but to no avail. It seems that the host servers were down. So, I was unable to check my anglobaptist e-mail account or this site. Sorry if that was confusing in any way. Feel free to e-mail me again if you need to.

I'm off to the office today. I have a full morning of piano tuners and other such appointments. There's a bulletin that needs my attention and another appointment this afternoon. It's a busy day even though I am not preparing a sermon. But if all goes well, I'll have tomorrow off. Huzzah! I'm flexing my time since I went in to the office on Monday which is my usual day off. And a friend is coming to town over the weekend to stay with us. I am very excited to see her.

Y'all have a good day. I'll do my damnedest to do so.

Posted by tripp at July 17, 2008 07:15 AM