aaah, it's friday

Friday
my day off

sometimes

This Friday
I don't need to go anywhere
do anything
aaah

Friday
trawling Facebook
surfing interesting sites
following link after link
bliss

Friday
two little dogs curled up
beside me
under their favorite blanket
exuding warm doggie smell
blessing

Friday
doodling with paints
embellishing with inks
listening to what the paper says
imagining where the line wants to go
benediction

Friday
breathing in
breathing out

aaah

preacher going spare

"We've got a preacher going spare.
Are you interested?"

(I have an internal giggle.
"Going spare," as a British idiom
means getting really angry.)

A guest speaker at a Saturday event
waiting around for a flight 
willing to preach at the 'drop of a hat.'
(Love to know where that idiom comes from.)

A preacher dropped in my lap.
My preaching plans dropped:
preparing, praying, reading, reflecting, connecting, ruminating, revealing, writing, editing, surfing, life-giving, satisfying, fun.

A preacher going spare
far from home
hanging around
time-heavy
community-seeking
angel-unawares-stranger.

Where better than Beach United
to greet and welcome
to embrace and uplift--

--a spare preacher's haven.

(More internal giggles--WWJD--what would Jesus do?
Does radical inclusivity include space preachers?
"Move over Jesus! Thaddeus is in town.")

Spare preacher opportunities don't come along every day.
Opportunities to hear a different voice,
to practice graciousness,
to let go of plans,
and make room for god.

godly whispering

With little response to my previous blogs
I lost energy for daily posts

Good New Year intentions
to write gratitude pieces
crumbled

A chance comment
"I liked your blog"
restored me

Godly whispering
offering encouragement
putting pieces together

Wholeness through community