Yearly Archives: 2010

For days we had been watching the weather.  I’ve decided that’s much like watching a cricket decide where to jump next.  The only place it will go is where you don’t expect it to venture!

So, our weather forecast mid-week was for extreme rain and cold.  Well, we sort of got half of that.  The picnic was not bad if you dressed the layered look.  Otherwise, as Jill found out, the skin begins to turn purple and feel clammy to the touch.

Otherwise those who were able to attend (many decided the day was a little “iffy”), we enjoyed games, fire, and ice cream.  The ice cream was great, but the warmth therefrom was negligible.  And finally, the time to pack up and go home arrived!

I’ve just finished a sermon series.  The idea was to read the four biblical stories of Jesus (the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) in eight weeks (or the two months of summer).

Today I gave a final sermon in the series, attempting to summarize some of the big ideas from each book.  As I listened to the sermon over again, it struck me that this might be something others would like to listen to.  I haven’t seen the content of this sermon in other sermons (OK, I did use Brian McLaren’s Jesus Creed as part of the sermon, but that wasn’t really a sermon – technically speaking).

I called the sermon – Dust Jacket Jesus.  If you’d like to hear the sermon, head over to this site – http://www.sermoncloud.com/kindersley-alliance/dust-jacket-jesus/.   Click on the headphones to listen, or the down arrow to download the sermon.

The last few days I have been resting.  Yesterday was a true sabbatical.  Taken away from work, encouraged by co-workers, today feels like the beginning of a new week. 

And it’s only Friday. 

I entered a meeting first thing this morning.  For most there, this was the end of the week.  Thinking was like molasses in January – thick, black and slow.  As for myself, I sat back feeling like this was the headwaters of a stream of life.

So, there I was feeling like I was out of place – or more rightly – out of time.

And perhaps that’s what a sabbatical is all about – returning life to time.

With our wonky weather patterns this year, I’m not surprised. 

The temperature has been remaining around 14 degree Celcius all day.  As I mowed the lawn, the wind bit and the frosty nibbles on my ear felt like winter.

Can it be?  Winter is just around the corner.  Summer came in April.  And the April showers have been plaguing us all through the summer (?) months.  Fields have not yet turned golden and frost may soon decimate them.

For an almost desert land, we have been inundated with floods of rain.  As my wife mentioned:  “I wonder how much snow we will see?”

Don’t even think it!!