The last week

Well then.

It's just about over. Time for something new to begin.

I'm not going to go all contemplative in the blog today, however. I'll post something much more reflective sometime over the next few days. (I'm attending an all day retreat focusing on Contemplative Youth Ministry today -- finishing up sabbatical quietly.)

But this entry simply looks over the last 6 weeks and what I've been doing.
There's a pretty extensive article about my sabbatical in the Daily Herald today. (Yesterday there was one in the Wheaton Sun.)

Here's what I've been up to:

Churches I where I worshipped

• St. Thomas the Apostle - Ash Wednesday
• Streamwood Immanuel UCC - March 5
• Hope UCC - March 12
• First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn - March 19
• Congregational Church of Batavia - March 26
• River Valley Community Church - April 2

Songs

1. If You're Happy and You Know It
2. The Muffin Man
3. Old MacDonald
4. Don't Brush Your Teeth While You're Driving
5. Marching Around the Room
6. B-I-N-G-O
7. Help Me (Psalm 88)
8. Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
9. I'm a Little Teapot
10. Brushing Your Teeth
11. The Hole in the Bottom of the Sea
12. I Always Go Potty in the Toilet
13. Change Your Diaper
14. Flush the Toilet Every Time
15. I've been working on the Railroad
16. London Bridge
17. Dress Up Contest
18. Seek Justice
19. The Cheese Song
20. Mary Had a Little Lamb
21. Pop! Goes the Weasel
22. Jumping
23. Shoo Fly
24. A Square Has Four Corners
25. This Old Man
26. The Wheels on the Bus
27. The Itsy Bitsy Spider
28. The Snakes are on the Plane
29. Twinkle-ABC-Baa Baa

Writing:

Chapters in Gross Theology

• Belching
• Wounds
• Blood

Web Articles for i.ucc.org

• Snakes, why'd it have to be snakes?
• Hopelessness can be contagious
• I saw that movie

Web work

• Launched grosstheology.com
• Helped with the Fox Valley Association website.

Video Documentary (still in process)

• sabbatical

Training and Learning

• stillspeaking initiative "train the trainer" seminar
• Biblical and Theological Self- Defense for the UCC (through May)

Book I finally finished reading

• Soul Searching : The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers

There are a few more things -- like movies I saw and TV I watched and some things that are more significant than that -- but you get the idea. If you want to find the rest you can spend a whole lot of time looking at the past 6 weeks of blog entries!

It's been wonderful!