Interesting Summer
What do you do in the summer? I am guessing most people like to take some time off! I agree, a laudable goal. And indeed, I did take some time off - even as I hope to be able to take a bit more. BUT... This summer has found me involved in a number of things that were not "summer vacation-y." First, I gathered in St. Louis with a about 150 other folks who were invited to serve Christ's Church by making up one of 13 different floor committees who will organize the resolutions to be brought to the National Convention of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod later this month. (Yes, I will be there as a pastoral delegate.) I had previously been in St. Louis in January as part of the Committee for Convention Nominations helping to put together the various slates of candidates for the elections to take place. (Yes, it has been a busy year!) After returning home from the Floor Committee weekend of meetings, Pauline and I (12 of us from Zion & St. Peter) were part of a crew of 5...