Satisfying Sunday

Yesterday was a fairly good day. At church, as I was moving through the communion liturgy, I could feel my throat about to crack, and sure enough, I went into a coughing fit. Because I was at the words of institution, I felt weird about having someone else speak the words--Lutherans believe that only ordained or specially appointed ministers can consecrate the bread and wine. I think it would have been fine, as long as I was there, but I don't really know how members feel. So I drank some water, coughed a bit, and powered through. People were kind.I have spent most of the week wondering if I'm fighting off a cold: I'm more tired and less hungry, and my throat has felt a bit scratchy off and on. And I'm still not here.I felt good about my sermon, although I'm aware of all the ways it could be improved; you can view it here on my YouTube channel and read it in this blog post). We spent Sunday afternoon as we usually do, watching other people's sermons from churches where we feel a…