Monday and Tuesday were killer days. Several project deadlines at Jethro. I’m grateful for the hours but no writing time for me. None. Which is okay, I guess. That’s the way of the world when you’re a working man. I did leave Covenant to clear up some writing time. I think what I’m discovering is that when you’re doing 150% of what you should be doing, cutting out 33% of your life is just getting you back to full.

Anyway, I'm back into a Foy story. I'm working at the library right now. Taking a break to post this. I don’t know when it will be done. Next week sometime I suppose.

As for other things:

Journey:
I had a wonderful time preaching at Journey Imperfect Faith Community last Sunday. I visited David’s office, which was sobering. The people were fantastic. And I got a rare treat. So rare that I’ve only done it once before. At “Bible study” between the services, I got to read some of my writing to everyone. Wow! That was fun. It was kind of an indulgent thing to do on a Sunday, but it was a good thing to do. It really meant a lot to me.

I read “Turtles all the Way Down,” and “Childhood Like a Dream.” We used them as a springboard to talk about the two parts of our faith - mental and physical. The part of faith that involves what you think and believe, and the part of faith that involves what you do with your body.

Enjoyed preaching as well. They are doing gardening as a theme for Lent, so the sermon was on the parable of the wheat and the weeds. Gardening for Lent; that is SO Journey.

The Retreat
This weekend is the first rlp retreat to take place after I’ve left Covenant. Yes, we’re still planning on doing these. Jeanene and I are working on the sessions of the retreat. I’ll tell you that the best part of the retreats we’ve done in the past have been hearing people tell their stories. Jeanene has come up with some really cool ideas, drawing from Parker Palmer, Quaker spirituality, and a little Jung thrown in to make me happy. The ideas we’re working with this weekend:

“What is the story of your faith journey? How do you tell your story? How has the telling of your story changed it? What do you hope is the next chapter?”

And this: “Are you able to listen to some pointed and direct questions from gentle friends who might deconstruct some of your journey?”

18 pilgrims are heading our way, along with our standard retreat friends from Covenant. There’s a group of us that attend most of the retreats and have each developed a speciality. Ben’s job is breakfast and being Ben. Paul and Lexie with music. Paul with art. Cynthia with food. Amy with reservations. Tim as our abbot in charge of worship. And Jeanene and I with the program.

Should be cool. I’ll show you pictures next week.

I’m off now to see if Foy wants to dance with me for a couple of hours this afternoon.

cya,

rlp

waiting