We're enjoying some wonderful weather today in San Francisco (the Pacific is right out my window).  Liz's family is from the Bay Area and we love coming down as often as possible to visit.  My time here has been spent recovering from Christmas services and related activites, answering church calls on my cell phone (such is the life of a solo pastor), playing with the kids and their cousins, taking some free time with Liz to enjoy the sites, and reading.  Yesterday I finished a great book given as a Christmas gift: Muhammad: A Prophet For Our Time by Karen Armstrong.  I know so little really about Islam and have always respected Armstrong's insights into this faith.  Well, I'd write more but I'm going to talk a walk down to the beach before we return to Palo Alto.