Reflections on Transitions
Rev. Michael Thompson
Woodhaven Presbyterian Church
January 10, 2010 — Baptism of the Lord Sunday
Luke 3: 15-17, 21-22
Goodbyes come in many different flavors. There are the kinds that we offer when we’re going to leave for an hour or two, maybe for a week, maybe even a month, but we hope to be together again sometime soon, but we don’t know when. And then there are the final goodbyes. It seems to me the older we get the more of those that there are in our lives. I have a friend who told me this week that he is receiving text messages from his son who is in college. The new “in” word is “awesome” — everything is “awesome.” He said I’m just a little worried about the time of night at which the messages are sent!
(…excerpts from podcast)
