first thursday of easter

wow, what a day!

first of all, this blog passed 1200 views last night, so awesome. this truth is gonna get all TOLD up in here.

i went up to the line right after breakfast this morning so that i could enjoy the afternoon sunshine.

and bonus! when i got there, some kind of meeting or something was letting out. and then another one apparently started. and then another meeting or activity or something. the west side of the church was a hopping place to be.

i have a number of regular paths that i choose according to traffic patterns and where the eyes are. that's key: eyes on the message.

so there were the usual handful of waves but then at the beginning of hour two of the walk, an angry guy in a white minivan leaving the church parking lot rolled down his window so he could shout "get a job!" at me.

i do not know why, but that little display tickled me half to death and i nearly peed myself giggling.

and then on my last pass of the day, a delivery driver stopped to talk with me. when i told him that maybe he was blocking the church driveway and he might want to move so people could get by, he cheerfully judged there to have been enough space for them to get around. the man ought to know. unlike a lot of drivers at that intersection, he knows how big a truck is and how much room traffic needs to get by.

he called me "sister" and a "woman of courage" and ventured an opinion that those who cover sins to save themselves embarrassment WILL be meeting justice in the end.

"we are the church", he said.

and he said a lovely prayer for us and for the world at large and he thanked me for my work and the gift of this meeting.

i told him that even though the treatment by this church put me in a crisis of faith, i promised to light a candle and say a prayer for him.

and with a light heart i went home.