Before Michelle's graduation, we ate at Olive Garden. As you can see, she wore her cap and gown. Several people offered her congradulations. Others just stared.

Saturday, Michelle had a wedding shower while I umpired at Clarksville High. I got hit 3 times during my plate game. Jeez, I was getting pissed off. Sometimes I forget that getting hit occasionally is part of the game. A couple of cold beers afterward soothed my pain...LOL.

Yesterday, Michelle got the news that her great-grandmother had died the previous day. Her mother waited to tell her, so as not to dampen the mood of the shower. Classy move. Michelle was sad all day, as expected, and was having back pain. I wasn't much help, since all I was interested in was the two car races on TV. It was incredible to see Danika Patrick lead several laps and then finish 4th in the Indy 500.

We enjoyed grilling burgers at Tim's house last night. We had some trouble getting the fire started, but once it was going, everything went fine. We even grilled some corn on the cob, which neither of us had done before, and it turned out great. Cool.

Today, I am just gonna relax a bit. I am gonna go see Michelle in a little while. We do not have anything planned today, so it is a free day.

I spent most of last week working on a new sermon. I had gotten most of my original sermon written, then realized I had used the wrong scripture. My denomination uses the lectionary in the Common Book of Worship, which provides the suggested scriptures for each Sunday. It allows the minister to cover the entire Bible in 3 years. So, I went back and started over. I am never really happy with my sermons, and this one is no exception. I am going to work on it some more tomorrow. Hopefully, I will have something decent by Sunday.

I am not sure if the Common Book of Worship is a Presbyterian thing, or if other denominations use it. I have always used my senior pastor's book when I needed it. Last week, I stopped by the Lifeway bookstore in town, which caters mostly to Southern Baptists, and they did not have a copy. Although, they did order one for me. They were nice enough to give me a 20% discount since I qualify as a minister.

I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their holiday. Peace...

OK, so I guess that cancellation thing did not last long.

A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to preach at the Clarksville church on June 5th, while the minister is on vacation. Without hesitating, I said "yes", then thought, "Oh, crap! What have I gotten myself into?" The ladies of the church where I work are giving Michelle a shower that day, and I am supposed to go with Mike Clark to a Sounds game. Plus, the idea of preaching at the church where I grew up makes me REAL nervous. In fact, when I first answered the call to the ministry, I decided early on that I would never preach there. The whole thing about a prophet not being accepted in his own land and all (not that I am a prophet or anything, but you get the idea). So, please pray for me.

Michelle recently graduated from college, and I am SO proud of her. She has decided to go to grad school at Memphis, with an eye towards becoming an elementary school teacher. We are really excited.

I am registered for classes this fall, and I am really excited. Michelle was in a used book store a couple of weeks ago, and picked up a couple of philosophy books she thought I would be interested in. Turns out, I need that book for one of my classes. She paid 50 cents for it!! Cool.

I am going to go for now, but I am going to start posting again. Probably with veracity. Peace...

As you may have noticed, I have not posted in quite some time. The simple reason is that I have basically lost interest in the blog. So, I am basically suspending it for now--if I decide to pick it back up, I will try to let everyone know. Peace...