I know this is shocking. I’m actually writing a post, but miracles do happen. This is my first vacation confessional (Victor and Eric are always doing Worship confessionals, so I thought I would jump on the band wagon). I’m off for another three weeks, so who knows maybe I’ll actually write a second one. Anyway, it is Sunday morning and Tam and I have already been to church (Rock Harbor) but now I’m here at home… and its only a little after 11 in the morning. Home alone on a Sunday morning! This is REALLY a rare thing for me. My Sunday’s at Calvary Church begin at 6am or so and end sometime after 3pm. I don’t think I have been home alone on a Sunday morning (except for once when I came home from Brazil with some kind of Jungle fever) since maybe the fall of 1989 (and even then I wouldn’t have been home alone), so maybe its been even longer, like the 70s or something. (BTW, Tam is here with me, but did an all-nighter doing the Hume video for Calvary High School and is now getting some much needed rest). It’s so queit in the neighborhood. There’s no real traffic. People seemed to not be at home. There’s a slight breeze. Even Hank and Wilson are all sacked out in the shade. The park next to our house is utterly still. I’m playing pandora.com (internet radio) a mix based on the music of Arlid Andersen Group (music I would describe as Norwegian choroal jazz, very still, peaceful, almost cold), since then pandora has played music by Billy Cobham, Pearl Django, Omar Sosa, Pharaoh Sanders, Bill Frisell’s music from the Finding Forester Soundtrack… all very quite, contemplative. Mike Erre’s sermon this morning was on the first line of the Lord’s Prayer and God’s long standing desire for His name to be properly honored and our role in making that happen. One of the examples he used, hit home for me. God’s desire for his name to be honored is like that of a dad who has a stranger telling his children that you are not their father, that someone else is the child’s father and that after a while the child begins to call the other person father. The anger and jealousy and pain that you would feel! And your desire for the child and the world to know that YOU are that child’s father. I can’t imagine such pain and jealousy. Let it be known, for good or bad, but I AM Jesse and Abby and Benjamin’s father and there can be no other. Maybe there’s some pride in that, but such is the case with God. He desires and always has, his name to be honored and held to the place it rightly deserves, high above the heavens and all creation! It will happen someday, but until then He asks us to help others see Him as He really is, completely Holy and Greater than all of creation!
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ewakeling wrote @
Awesome post! Except that I preached in Elevation today and feel personally hurt that you would go hear Mike Erre – even though he is one of my preaching mentors – so I guess he is OK…actually awesome.
That dad analogy is a good one.
We miss you and Tammy. This morning I looked at the closed doors and empty cart area and felt a twinge of sadness in my heart.
brooke wrote @
hey! There you are! I’m glad you posted about the Norwegian type music- I really like listening to different types of quiet music at night- now that I finally have an iPod! I’ll have to check them out . Ben did a Great job this morning…
Melissa Brosch wrote @
Seriously good post. But I am not a fan of this whole “Harris vacation month”. Since you’ve left, I’ve lost my
Bible and have no one to consult with. I’ve shown up to church seriously needing coffee and have been so deeply disappointed, and now that Tammy is gone too, I am teetering on the edge of emotional stability! Come back!
But on a selfless note…..you guys need the break and I am happy for you.
Ron Rogalski wrote @
hey Randy, it’s so great to hear about this vacation time…. I’m happy for you guys. Miss you, though! hope that sometime we can make up for our “first thursday” lunch.
I love your reflection on the Fatherhood of God.
We’re finishing a great vacation time…. been working on replacing windows at my house; learning lots about that with Jim Stratton’s help.
Also prepping to “perform” David Forster’s musical, NICKEL AND DIME…. we’re gonna do a concert version of it on his driveway! He’s got a bunch of people/families on his street that are comin’!! He’s done a fantastic job to pull it together… it’s like he’s Alistair McGrath in the flesh! It’s gonna be on sunday, August 19th at 6:00PM.
I’m back to work tuesday…. see ya soon. Have a great time off!
Victor Estrada wrote @
I miss you with all my heart. I don’t know if I can last the 2 or 3 more weeks that you’re off. Anyway, I’m glad you’re enjoying your Sundays off because you’re probably not gonna get one of those again for a while after this whole vacation marathon. Love ya brutha!
By the way, when are you gonna play in college with me again?
Brooke wrote @
Hey, how is “Riddle of the Sands”?? Did you finish it?? Any good?
I’m looking for my next great summer read…
John Casebeer wrote @
I don’t believe you when have Joni Mitchell so far down on your list. This must be the blog of Randy of the 21st Century. Tustin, Whittier,
Fullerton, I see the Beach in the boy that loaded
the island shot on his blog, not that the Beach
Boys has been his long time love.
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5 stars for you for a brilliant post (one us mere mortals can relate to) This reminds me of how fun the blogosphere can be, maybe I’ll even get to post today!