Today, after worship, my Summer vacation begins. We aren’t going anywhere this year, which is actually stressing me out, so I’ve decided to take dramatic action to create the buffer from work which is normally formed by physical distance. I’m logging out of Slack. For those who don’t know, Slack is a wonderful communications tool. The…
Tag: Rest
Break
As I write this its currently 5:02 PM Easter Sunday and I’ve been on vacation for just about five hours. Easter worship was wonderful, even if I got up over two hours before dawn 1 and got to church to discover a stomach bug is running through the congregation 2. But it was time for…
Thirsty
After an extraordinarily busy month 1, I confess I am thirsty. Thirsty for rest. Many good things have been going on, but each has bumped my normal rhythm and knocked me off pace. It’s a bit like begin beaten with a bag of marshmallows. It won’t do lasting harm, but at some point you just…
Sabbath Haiku
A bit achy, and a tad bit anti-social, after a long day Saturday and wonderful worship Sunday morning. I slept the afternoon away and wrote the Haiku to commemorate the occasion. Long day yesterday. Slept the afternoon away. It was glorious. This is a photo taken of myself, my “shutter buddy” 1, and his daughter…
Imagine Contrast
The other evening we were outside talking to our neighbors when one turned around and suddenly walked away. I called out to him, “Hey, what’s up?” In response he pointed to the sky and said, “I’m getting my camera.” He had a point, the clouds were impressive. There were a number of storms roaming through…
Unexpected and Welcome
I’ve written about my weariness after “holiday weekends” before, so I won’t bother rehashing that well-worn topic. Suffice to say, however, Independence Day wiped me out. Good times, but exhausting. I woke up Sunday barely awake, wanting little more than to kill my alarm, roll over, and sleep until noon. It was Sunday, however, so…
