My Blog Anniversary

Today is the first anniversary of my blog. Last night I celebrated by meeting Jan at Yearning for God. She's here in my town for the very first time. She's at the Episcopal Relief and Development Conference, and is in meetings most of the time. So we wanted to show her a little bit of the city, but we couldn't see so much in the dark. We went to a nice restaurant, Dakota Restaurant and Jazz Club, and drove her to the Mississippi River and also to Lake of the Isles and Lake Calhoun. With the light dusting of snow, it looked a little like Christmas Eve, but without the pretty lights. (sigh) I hope she got a good impression of our city.

Today is going to be a busy day, with much of a sermon to prepare, and other worship and pastoral care items to attend to. So for your entertainment, I offer you the following video. Before Scout got her own blog, she was one of the main characters here, and still makes an occasional appearance. She just prefers to speak for herself now.

But, she gives her full approval to this one: