Over the course of the last several days I have been blogging at the United Church of Christ web site and enjoying the company of family that came to visit with us over the holiday weekend. We marched in a local 4th of July parade (joining US Representative Russ Carnahan) and took in a great fireworks display. I also preached this Sunday (you can download the audio here) and finished up my summer course work at the Preaching Institute at Aquinas Institute of Theology. The picture above of our family is from the parade and the one below is of me with my mother and nephew at church this Sunday.
