Day 15 – November 15 – “Give thanks for your pastor”
Thank you,
Lord, for Reverend Malinda Weaver.
Pastor
Malinda is youngish for a pastor, but that gives her a freshness and an energy
that is inherent in youth, but mostly lost in older ministers.
She is “on
call” 24/7, and every Sunday has a fresh, new “lesson” (that’s the new term for
a sermon). I wonder if older pastors have a portfolio of sermons that they recycle
at every new church, kinda like professors that have a set of lectures they use
every course. I’m pretty sure Pastor Malinda doesn’t yet have a set of prepared
lectures. I think she writes a new one every week.
Before
COVID, we rode together to visit our “shut-in” and ill church members. She has
a great sense of humor, and I really enjoy traveling with her.
She has a
clear, articulate voice, but she is working on doing the little inflections at
the end of her sentences like the old-timey Methodist preachers used to do.
One of the
things I like most about Pastor Malinda is she has no fear of difficult Bible
verses, and will preach on any of them.
And I think it’s a “thing” now, that preachers do sermon “series”.
Gratitude is going on right now, hence this project that will continue through
November 30.
And today,
at Avondale Park, was the “Blessing of the Animals”. I took Jaco over there to
get God’s blessing. While he loves walks, he also loves people and other dogs,
so it was hard to get him to sit still, because he wanted to greet everyone and
every dog.
Pastor
Malinda said the prayer of St. Francis of Assissi, and blessed Jaco.
Thank you,
sweet Malinda, and I thank God for you.
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