unto texas i go

unto texas i go. i go to texas because the general assembly of my church is there this week. i go because i need a break. i go because my good friends go. i go because i need good worship. i go because i need the 2 yr renewal of my covenant with my church-denomination. i go because i need to hear again why i do what i do. i go to be with others who are ask the same questions and also need a break and will challenge me in this ministry. i go because i have always gone. i go because i look forward to it for 24 months. i go because if there ever was a place where i feel my life and vocation are at one --at home, it is among them.

so i go, remembering all the great times of assemblies past, the hilarious roommates, the late nights and early mornings, the banter, the avoiding people we didn't want to see, the hauling around of free stuff, and of course the being with my best friends. there will be some really great friends that are doing the family thing in these years and are not able to go. i will miss them. so, to them i will offer a toast at a dinner gathering... and of course make sure to take their share of the free pens.

ps: as i am writing this, ironically enough, my good friend Lee called. she and i have always shared & loved the hilarious and varied journey of the assembly. she is about to birth and cannot go. i will miss her. until indy in '09, Lee...