Father's Day

What a great day. Though I had a restless night last night, I woke up relatively early today, and made my way to Central. After obsessing over "Ancient of Days" for two days, it was good to be at a computer with my flute trying to get the "licks" down pat. The flute part is just beautiful in my view. So, I worked on it before going to rehearse for the service.

I tried a few little things in the rehearsal, but was not inclined to take risks during the actual worship service. I have to practice things quite a bit in order to perform them for people. Confession: I envy those musicians who can play by ear, who can pick out tunes at the drop of a hat.

The band today was fabulous! These guys are soooooo talented. What a privlege for me to be able to "jam" with them a little bit.

Pastor Bob's sermon was extremely good today. Who wouldn't appreciate a pastor that does not hide behind political correctness, but instead speaks the truth about matters -- and today the subject was fathers, of course, and their incredible impact to their family and their family's faith. But I won't go on about it here -- you can click on the Central Tabernacle link if you like and listen to the sermon yourself.

Then out to lunch with Thuy, Kris and their kids -- a fabulous lunch in Chinatown -- we shared several dishes. My favorite was a beef dish with crispy rice noodles. The crispy rice noodles tasted like the crispy rice made the Iranian way...yum.

We shared about our fathers.

Home for a nap, but before that made a call to wish my dad a happy Father's Day. He was at my sister Judy's house in East Lansing, Michigan, celebrating Father's Day and my sister's birthday as well. It sounded like they were having a good time indeed!

After a lengthy nap, went to the movies with Linda, Jessica, Brianna, and Jason. "Monster-in-Law" was the movie of choice. I've never been a J-lo fan and I remembered why during this film. But I had a great time with my friends.

We left the theatre at 10:45 p.m. and it was still light outside, with the sunset still on the horizon, though the moon peeked in and out of the few, fast-travelling clouds. Quite a surreal scene for me -- beautiful.

Nehemiah 12 and 13 today. Alot about fathers. It seems heritage is of prime importance when I read the pages detailing lineages, or naming families throughout the Old Testament, such as in Nehemiah 12.