Out of the Office Reply

Today I am sitting in my favorite local coffee shop, The Coffee Shop NE, to write. I spent a lot of time traveling this summer for work: a week at Luther Crest Bible Camp in Alexandria, Minnesota, a ten-day voyage of never ending excitement to the ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans and an adventure, in all uses of the word, to Holden Village in Washington. It was a long summer. It was amazing summer. But I have been looking forward to the month of December and beyond.

A while back it was decided that I would take some extended vacation come December. I still have a few phone calls to make, a list of check-in's to make and a spirituality lock-in this weekend (still hopefully that returned email and phone calls will boost attendance to be able to hold this event), but I am finally at the point where I can step back.

I am already wondering at what time I should head over to the office, but I do not have to be there. I have looked at calendar three times to try to remember where I should be this Wednesday evening, but I have no where to be. It's weird, but it is also exciting.

May we all be granted rest and peace this holiday season.

(With the purchase of a new work station, I updated my desktop image to include one from Heather and Neil's wedding. )