Aaah... Rest!
It has been a crazy couple of days. I thought that was supposed to stop on Christmas. But tomorrow, after worship, I will be on vacation- and then without a job for a few days until the new one starts on Jan 5.

What a wonderful way to end the thirty years in the parish- we have a baptism tomorrow! And, of all things, it is the daughter of one of the young men in the congregation who I knew well before I moved here. He was active in the camping program as a youth and I worked with him a lot. It is a real pleasure and joy for such a baptism. I'm not going to say much about my ending of this portion of my ministry, but I am going to talk about grace and the way it comes to us when we least expect it.

I am also mentioning the changes in our culture in these past 30 years, but it is not the center of the sermon. I may get a chance to post some of it on Monday. Tomorrow I will be doing some traveling after church for the vacation. Will be at a dial-up access so won't be doing a lot of blogging- or maybe I will. Who knows.

So, time for some rest and relaxation and hopefully some sun and reading and good food and .... well, I guess you get the picture. See all in a few days.