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Well,
I’ve now been back from sabbatical for one year...and it’s hard to believe
it’s been 12 whole months! In that time, we’ve done a lot as a church, which
makes me tremendously proud to be your pastor! And in that time, I’ve also
been happy to see the pastoral care book I wrote while on sabbatical
published, and being well-received (and thanks to all of you who’ve bought
copies too)!
As I was sitting down to write this today, I was going to try to offer some
moderately-profound theological reflection, when I looked out my
office-window and saw two small children and their mom playing in our
labyrinth. Mom was trying to walk it – the two little kids were running
around, hopping on and off the paths, and laughing their heads off. I
remembered then that God is in our laughter, too. So, I thought I’d offer
you some smiles in this early-summer swelter.
Perhaps we should all take a leaf for how to live
from the way our dogs do life. (I certainly know this “Excerpt from a
Dog’s Diary” could have been written by either of my two dogs!)
8:00 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE THING!
9:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE THING!
9:40 am - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE THING!
10:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE THING!
11:30 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE THING!
12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE THING!
1:00 pm - OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE THING!
4:00 pm - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE THING!
5:00 pm - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE THING!
5:30 pm - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE THING!
A couple of short jokes:
• Two vultures board an airplane, each was carrying two dead raccoons. The
stewardess looks at them and says, “I’m sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion
allowed per passenger.”
• What do you call a dinosaur that wears a cowboy hat? tyrannasaurus tex.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN THE SUMMERTIME IN GRAND JUNCTION WHEN...
~ The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
~ Hot water now comes out of both taps.
~ You can make sun tea instantly.
~ You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.
~ The temperature drops below 95 and you feel a little chilly.
~ You discover that in July it only takes 2 fingers to steer your car.
~ You break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m.
~ Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, “What if I get knocked out and end
up lying on the pavement and cook to death?”
~ You realize that tarmac has a liquid state.
~ Your garden potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one
out and add butter, salt and pepper.
Take a break...drink some icy cold lemonade...go hang
out at a lake ...watch kids giggling...make up new dinosaur jokes...Have
fun! And remember that it can be another form of prayer J .
Blessings, Pastor Sharyl
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