I am on vacation with my family. We are in Minnesota two more days and then we head back to Tennessee where I will be installed as the vicar at Faith Lutheran Church on July 13.

I just want to say how good it has been to hear Issues Etc. again. I have downloaded all the programs for the week on iTunes and have listened to about half of them. Todd and Jeff haven't lost a beat since being fired on March 18 by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

I will be writing throughout the year on things I am learning or have learned while being vicar. I have taken the comment feature off as I am not looking to have anyone agree, disagree or pat me on the back. My posts will not include any rantings about the Synod or District or orthodoxy/heterodoxy. I also will not be posting anything about my family. This is purely an exercise in writing.