Two days

Hooray. I think this is the first time in years I've finished a Sunday sermon on Thursday. Of course it may help that I'm not preaching these days. Of course it may help that I get to preach on prayer... What every Christian should know about prayer.  Of course mine is not the definitive word.  It is my word. 

I finished two days early.

This means I can trim branches

In the back yard,

Unencumbered,

Pull the grapevine

Out of the crab apple,

Enjoy the massing grackles,

Take an endless walk,

Finish reading that book,

Think of things beyond

The sermon.

So many other ways

To offer my time

To God

So many ways to pray.

So many

So many

What options we have

When we’re not stuck

Putting everything

On paper.