Two Week Warning

In a little under two weeks, I will be leading a church service, sermon included. It became a little more official this morning since the preacher at my church put in the bulletin for today's service that I will be leading the next one. (Remember, my church has two denominations that alternate which Sundays they worship.) So, uh, *gulp*.

At least the rough draft is finished. Those of you who volunteered to read over it and give input should receive it via email soon, if you have not already. And thank you in advance. I will try to get the sermon pretty well finished by the end of the week, as next week the new semester begins. This of course means that I need to buy textbooks sometime in there.

Fortunately, I get out of the immediate DC area Monday night to go back to Frederick County for a dentist appointment and lab work from last week's physical (the forms did not get here until after the physical). So I will return to College Park on Wednesday afternoon to avoid the inauguration traffic. And a couple of days after that, I should be getting my teaching assignment for next semester. See now why the sermon needs to be finished by the end of this week?

I would be remiss in not wishing luck to the soon-to-be President of the United States. Also, a very well done to the pilots and crew of the commuter jet that crash-landed in the Hudson on Thursday. That story could easily have had a very different ending. They deserve all the honors they receive.