I’ve been pretty bad about updating this blog. It seems to me as I look back through many of the previous posts that it is the same story every time… I’ve just been way too busy.
In many respects that’s absolutely true. The past month and a half (or two months now I suppose) have been absolutely crazy with the past two weeks being of special note. I suppose that may suffice as an excuse, but I also suppose that I could be more intentional about blogging than I have been. So here’s a new Lenten discipline in addition to the other I’ve already made with myself – to post at least two times a week, if not more.
So what have I been up to and what made the past two weeks crazy? Let’s see… last Sunday was the sixth and final session of my Adult Forum series on Revelation… so I had to prepare for that the past several weeks. A week and a half ago, my supervisor went out of town on vacation. He left in the middle of a giant snow storm which meant that I was the only one at the office on Valentine’s Day. Apparently we were all snowed in and since I could walk to work… (the joys of living right next to the church). That wound up being a good day for me in terms of getting some work done. A quiet office and I got to bum around in my socks – that was nice.
The rest of the week was spent preparing for stuff and then Saturday I had several friends come in from out of town. It was a blast having them here and it was good to get out. We went to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. It was a good time and we got to see Sue the T-Rex… the largest T-Rex skeleton found to date. There should be a picture from my phone up here on the blog (probably after this post).
With my supervisor out of town, that meant that Sunday, February 18, I was preaching, leading worship, and teaching my last class. It was a busy morning! I also made my first hospital visit since I’ve been here. Can you believe it? Six months here and I hadn’t made a hospital visit. But we got through it, it went well, and I took a monster nap that afternoon.
This past week was busy also. I preached on Ash Wednesday and handled some other phone calls and stuff. I also made a second hospital visit (for another person) this week. So after six months of no hospital visits I get two in one week – crazy! I miss the hospital but I’m loving the parish….
Today was a well needed day off. I’m also looking forward to the rest of Lent. Every Wednesday I’m doing mid-day Lenten services. The theme this year is Journey to the Cross starting this coming Wednesday with Jesus’ call to any who want to be his followers to take up their cross and follow him. So we’ll look at what it means to take up our crosses and journey with Jesus to the cross this Lent.
Well, that’s what’s been going on – at least in a nutshell. It’s been crazy around here, but very, very good. So now I believe it is time for bed (soon).
Kate
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