Six Weddings and a Funeral for My Arrogant Discipleship
“One midnight hospital vigil, one funeral, one new job, one dead mouse under the kitchen sink smelling up the whole church, one brave parishioner kind enough to deal with said mouse, one interview with the paper, one never-ending church directory project concluded, two sermons written…and six weddings. A week in the insane and fabulous life of being a priest.”
That’s what I posted on Facebook last night thinking over the adventure of the last seven days.
Last Monday when I looked over my calendar and across the expanse of the week ahead, I could never have imagined everything that would transpire.
I thought it would be relatively quiet, organizing everything I need to arrange before I go on vacation, making sure the wheels of the parish will continue to turn while I’m gone.
Little did I know that in one short week I would have some of the most powerful spiritual experiences of my ministry thus far, and learn that I was completely wrong about my own role in them. Continue reading