Uncommon Grounds

I'm blogging today from Uncommon Grounds, the lone coffee shop in Salado, TX. Believe it or not, Uncommon Grounds closes at 2:30pm everyday. Can you imagine a coffee house in a city staying in business long if they closed at 2:30. Not only that, but Grounds will be closed all next week because the owner/operators are headed out-of-town. Can you believe that? If you were to do that in Houston, you'd have no customers to come back to.

Small town life in interesting.

Salado is three hours from Houston-usually--and where Rochelle and Malia headed while Hurricane Rita was still a category 5 hurricane headed toward Houston. I was in Denton so I met them here Friday morning. Luckily, Rochelle and Malia got out early and only spent 5 hours in the car.

I suppose the traffic heading back into Houston will be much like it was leaving. I've got my laptop and a ton of books here with me, so my work hasn't suffered. In fact, I spent 5 hours last night and 2 hours already today working on an Isaiah study I will be doing for our church's women's Bible study.

It's a good thing to have a job that you enjoy. This week I've spent time at a planning retreat, met with a group of youth ministers in another city, read about early Christian hermeneutics, read and reread the book of Revelation, put together Keynote (that's Powerpoint for those of you who don't speak Apple) presentations, and worked on classes. I would have done all these things had I been in my office but I did them away from the office just because I like to do them.

I love to seek God, both experientially and academically. I'm blessed that the end of the weekend can bring the words, "Thank God it's Monday" to my lips. I hope you can too.
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Please continue to be in prayer for those who have lost loved ones and precious property in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.