Back from the Beach

Our family has just returned from a week at the beach.  While a change of scenery is almost always a good thing, John and I have realized  (anew) that vacations can be a lot of work!  We are grateful to have had the time away (well, we weren't that far away), but are glad to be sleeping in our own beds and cooking in our own kitchen.  What fogeys we are becoming.

I enjoyed reading the obligatory amount of beach trash reading - two titles by Storm Constantine - Sea Dragon Heir and Crown of Silence.  They were  fairly entertaining, but also were chock a block full of new agey type theology.  It might be interesting to exegete them to have a look at the theology more closely. BUT as they were only light reading, I don't suppose that will be forthcoming.

While at the beach, I learned that a parishioner's father had died.  He was buried this past Saturday using the  burial rite from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.  However, sentimental one might feel about that particular edition, the burial service seems somewhat bereft.  The deceased is mentioned once by his or her name.  While some folks find this attractive ,  I missed  the more personal emphasis of the current BCP.  Guess I'll be using the 1979, but  not anytime soon I hope.

Here's Max right after breakfast one morning