The grass is green!

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I am sitting at my sister’s house in Rosetown writing this post.

I’ve just been outside cutting their grass.  The lawn mower is an electric cordless type.  Unfortunately the battery isn’t made quite as large as their lawn.  For the last few passes my neice and I carried the charger and electric cord, alternating sides to be sure we didn’t cut the cord.

In the end the lawn is beautiful.  I’ve had a great visit with my parents.  And I’m headed home.

I was supposed to be picking up my son in Saskatoon, but his flight from San Juan didn’t quite connect properly.  So, he’s in Newark tonight and back to Saskatoon tomorrow.  Which works out well.  We were to be in Saskatoon for Canada Day and then I head to Ottawa with my friend Brian on Wednesday.

Good night – I’ve got an hour’s travel home and then I’m off to bed and ready for a new day.

Summer is here

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Now, I suppose I’ve been waking up earlier as the sun arises to touch the earth in the early morn. But the real sign of summer is the heat. Sustained heat.

Saturday the baptisms were refreshing. As I stepped from the pool I actually missed the refreshing cool of the water. I felt as though I could easily tan in the sun’s rays.

And today, I sat outside. Not even in the direct sunlight. For an hour and a half. Reading. And feeling heat. And inheriting a heat headache!

A friend of mine worked yesterday doing eavestroughing. His body experienced the heat. As though it were a stroke. Nothing nice – just pain.

Winter does look good some days. Six months from now I’ll say the opposite. And when those middle of the season days arrive, I will not like to be neither hot nor cold!

Oh, the fickleness of the human! We so easily miss being content for the pleasure of complaining. Why, I can even complain about complaining!!

Why I love this life!

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As a pastor there are few days that are finer!! 

Today was in the mid 20’s Celcius, clear sky and pool water.   Curtis and Rachel Kornelson’s told us of their journeys to God.  Their model, that didn’t skip the realities of life but came to the place of God in it all, was inspiring.  

Then we put them into the water and under they went.  Baptism – a sign of death to the way they would like to do things — and in rising out of the water, coming to life with Jesus to do things His way.

I’d do this again next week!!  Any takers??

Curtis baptism june 22, 2008

rachel baptism june 28, 2008

A friend pops by

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At 8:00 tonight I’m winding down.  I pop to the kitchen to care for some dishes and look out the window.  There is Lane Janke, a friend from years past.  He drops by every so often.

We sit down to tea and talk.  And after an hour or so, we push out the door to the local A&W.  There we talk some more.

I invite Lane to stay overnight.  We gave he same invitation about 30 years ago, and he stayed for months!  Those were the old days.  Today it will just be a short stay with a little extra time to talk some more.

I love friends.  They remind me of the past, refresh me in the present and push me to consider the future.

By the way, Lane paid for the Root Beer — can’t be all bad!!