Sunday, then Monday …
It was a great Sunday. In addition to enjoying a truly enjoyable Father’s Day with my father and my kids (3 in person, 1 by phone) … we got to attend Cedar Ridge this morning – too rare a treat for me with my travel schedule. The music was beautiful (Teresa Thomas leading mostly hymns, plus a beautiful original song of hers), the atmosphere was warm and relaxed, and every chance I get to celebrate the eucharist enriches my soul. I was especially struck by meeting two people after the service who told me they were in the process of becoming Christians. One told me that he began attending Cedar Ridge a few months ago and immediately felt at home. “I’m in the process of becoming a Christian,” he said, and I thought that was a wonderful way to say it. Then a young fellow who had grown up in a more or less fundamentalist home and then left the faith told me that he was now coming back to faith, but a different kind of faith this time. “It’s not like turning on a light switch,” he said. “It’s more like a new day dawning.”
Tomorrow I leave for England for the week. I’ll be with the RUN folks – great people. I may be able to post a bit, but you never know how internet connections will be …