October 31, 2008
halloween musings
Happy Halloween, everyone. It's one of my favorite pagan holidays. I hope it's one of yours! Heh. Seriously, I love the day. Trish and I have a lot going on. We'll be handing out candy in our old neighborhood in the city (We don't get any foot traffic here at the church parsonage.). Then we might go to Columbia College for their showing of Rocky Horror. That could be great fun. Then, finally, there's a party that one of Trish's theater pals gives every year that is mindblowingly cool. The whole townhouse is transformed. We just need good costumes. I have no idea what I'm going to do. I never do.
The sermon is done. It all kind of came together yesterday morning. I don't know how these things happen. There's enough about sermon writing that is founded on inspiration and the movement of God that I can never truly predict when a sermon will be finished. It looks like this one is done. It's shorter than most I write...oh, and it is written. We are celebrating All Saints and since there is so much in the service already, I tried to keep the sermon short.
Speaking of All Saints, if my voice holds up, I may be singing an Evensong Service at a local Episcopal church. Christ Church, Winnetka is celebrating a choral Evensong service. The choir director and his wife are friends of mine and so I am going to sing in the bass section. Byrd. Ives. Jesus. It's a great trio! I hope my voice holds up, that this head cold does not migrate.
One last thing that I neglected to mention yesterday...Yesterday was my younger brother's birthday. Happy Birthday, Chuck!
Here he is with Trish last Christmas.