Benjamin marches into chapel Sunday at the conclusion of Happening #97, the Great Christian spiritual weekend at Honey Creek near St. Mary's. It is a wonderful bonding experience for our young teenage Christians, an important part of participating in the Episcopalian Christian tradition. The number #97 means this is the 97th of these events, It is similar to the Cursillo that adults experience.
In fact, Benjamin may be one of the rare few who has been to both events, at least in going to Cursillo first and Happening second. When Alison and I went to Cursillo, Alison was pregnant with Benjamin. Some sixteen years later, there he is at Happening!
This poorly taken picture is of Benjamin at the front of the chapel, singing and sawing with his fellow Happenators. He had a great time, and became close to many.
For those who think that being an Episcopalian is not a "true" Christian denomination because we don't worship exactly the way your own church does, or because we a re tolerant of the LGBT community and do not consider what they do a sin, have never been to or heard of our Cursillo/Happening events, nor are they familiar with all that we do and the strength of our love for Jesus, and being his hands and feet in this world,
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My dog Ellie is still recovering from her back problems. Her progress has been good, but not as complete as I had hoped. We still have to watch her carefully, and if she over does things, she can set herself back.
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Football was pretty good, except for the Lions. Penalties took them out of their game with the Tennessee Titans. As for the Michigan Wolverines, it was almost like they were playing golf, and decided to handicap their opponent by allowing them a first quarter fourteen point lead before finally turning on and taking control of the game. The Georgia Bulldogs won another close one, kicking the can down the road as to whether or not they are really any good. The Atlanta Falcons won on the road, and you can never complain about that.
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The Emmy awards made some surprisingly good decisions, none better than Tatiana Maslany winning the Best Actress award in the Drama category for her work in Orphan Black. Rarely have I been more surprised and pleased at such a well-deserved outcome.
The Emmy for Best Drama, for the second year in a row, was Game of Thrones. Yes, the show is definitely in a class by itself. Well, except for maybe Fargo (which didn't win its Limited Series category).
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And Then There Were None practises are getting more serious as we are ten days away from opening night. This will be an interesting test of my 61 year old stamina.
Until next time,
T. M. Strait
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