Reverend Ref +

HOLY WEEK

Holy Week is over, and I survived intact. Today and tomorrow are well-earned days off. A few people have wondered about my sermons, and I said that I wanted to post them all at the same time, so I've done that. You can find them below. Why not post them on each day? Well, to be honest, I didn't always have the time to do that. So I got up early today (even on days off, the internal alarm still works), and posted them all.

While I was posting them, I had the good fortune to also have a conversation with a dear friend. And today, when the weather has turned ugly here in SW Montana, it was one of those conversations that warmed my heart. It was a good morning.

Holy Week "Bads": Very few people from CC chose to take part in the services held in VC.

Holy Week "Goods": It was good that I was able to share this experience with two congregations who haven't experienced anything of the sort for way too long. It was good that one of the people from CC who did participate in almost all of it mentioned that this was her best Easter ever. It was good that we had an even split between Trinity (the church on the other side of the mountains), St. Paul's and Christ churches for the Easter Vigil. It was good that the Paschal candle only went out once in the procession from the fire outside into the church.

So, I survived. My family survived (and you might want to check out The Lovely Wife for her take on certain events). And now I can look forward to a couple of days of rest.

Peace.