Weaving and blending is the art of
I began planning for this weekend a year ago. I do that sometimes, begin planning for the next event just as the current one is ending. I think about what I want to say in a sermon the next week, having just finished preaching in another. Of course it doesn't always work out the way I plan. I might find five other things that need to be said. I might forget what I thought about. Or the entire situation might change, requiring a new perspective. Often, as is the case this weekend, I have to blend the plan from a year ago with new information. Weaving and blending is a big part of my job. The annual Vestry Retreat begins tonight, the end result of a year of work mixing it up with some new stuff - like adding time in tonight's agenda for the delegation's report on their trip to Liberia. The work we began last year is the process of creating Mutual Ministry. The work we need to continue into this year includes creating a Mutual Ministry Review. Last year we embraced th...