March is a cruel month

March is cruel! I call this day as my first witness! Yesterday it was, what?, in the mid 70s? Let's say 73, and today is presently sitting on 37 degrees. Ouch! Add a little wind and it feels like minus 37. Oh well... There are many, many things to be thankful for.

My sermon is actually moving along well today, for which I am very thankful. I struggled in my class last night. Part of the design of my Wed. p.m. class, which examines the preaching text with me, is to gauge the level of interest and engagement with the text and/or certain ways of approaching it. Last night indicated that the texts themselves did not generate much interest. Of course it could have been the mood of the class or the way I presented things. Regardless, it indicated to me that I needed to really think about how I will approach things this week.

Armed with the knowledge of last night's class, I set out on a new preaching path this morning. I think it will work well! The slide show will include some of my original artwork. I have to tell you that it's impressive!

I decided this week needed to be a "rest week" for running. I have been having a little minor pain in my right hip. It's moving around, which indicates to me it is nothing serious. I have had numerous things like this before. Ever since I broke my hip running, I have been a little more careful about pain. I am going to back down to 30-35 miles instead of 40. I did get a nice 25 mile bike ride in on Monday. Biking is not going to be very good for several days. I will have to decide whether to bike in the cold; not sure I want to do that.

OK, back to work on the sermon...