A Week-end in Books and Sermons

It was a good week-end, full of bread baking and writing (sermon and a poem), a good Sunday at church, and some piece work (by which I mean sewing together small scraps). We watched a lot of Hot Bench, a court TV show that is slightly smarter than all the rest, but only slightly, with the cases which are more small claims court, not life threatening types of situations.Saturday was an easier day than some Saturdays, because I already had a satisfying sermon draft by Saturday. I can't always manage that feat, but when I do, I notice how much less stressed I feel on Saturday. I slept better as Saturday night went into Sunday too. I was pleased with how I delivered it too and happy about the last part of the last sentence, which wasn't in the manuscript: "to live into a future where everyone has a place at the table, not under the table." If you'd like to see the sermon, you can watch the recording here, on my YouTube channel.On Saturday, I went to the library and wandered the stacks;…