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So we are home from Christmas vacation. We managed the drive without any dings, so that was good news.

While there, I received a call from one of my parishioners whose husband died suddenly. I met with the family today after church to plan the memorial service. The service will be held at the local mortuary with a reception following at the Mill Creek Bar. Bar Night at the Mill Creek tomorrow should be interesting, since the deceased was part owner.

I also received one e-mail and one voice mail from people who want to get married in VC. So I will contact them, give them the requirements for that, and see if they decide to pursue it further.

Today was Christmas Lessons & Carols, so no sermon, and we had a large turnout for that in Sheridan. And speaking of weddings, the couple who were married in VC last summer came back for a visit; it was good to see them.

Today is filled with laundry and cleaning up a bit for company, as we'll have a few people over for New Year's.

Oh . . . and I received a compliment after services today. The couple mentioned that they missed my sermon today and I said, "I was on vacation last week, so we do L&C the first Sunday after Christmas. Vacation means I don't have to write a sermon."

Another gal overheard this and said, "That's what I like about you. You do the whole priest thing and spiritual thing very well, but you aren't afraid to be a regular person either," referring to my comment about not writing a sermon on my vacation.

Kind of similar to when one of the parishioners at CC tells me, "I like you because you say stuff," meaning that I occassionally use some .... colorful ... language. Yep, that's me ... just you're regular average dude in a collar.