Sleeping in

Ah, the perspective that years bring.  It is rainy and the house is under construction and my daughter just got in the door after sleeping at a friend*s house after Homecoming.  I do not have a Sunday obligation, at least not the same Sunday obligation most of my clergy colleagues do.  The 10:30 service begins in three minutes and I (we) are not there.

I remember

My first year of seminary,

A senior decided

To sleep in every Sunday morning

For the whole year.

After all

He said

I will have to get up early

Every Sunday

Until I die.

That seemed cynical

To me,

Way back in 1980.

Where*s your dedication?

I thought

Is it a true calling?

Really?