CELEBRATION!
Today I am still smiling...smiling broadly, my heart overflowing with joy. You see, last evening, at seven o'clock, I had the great honor, privilege, gift, of presiding at the wedding of two wonderful friends whose lives have been intermingled for the last eighteen years. Greg and Tim were finally able to publicly acknowledge their union and there were any number of moist eyes in the chapel, including my own, as they exchanged vows and rings. There was so much love abounding in that room that I could feel it...quite literally, feel it. And the blessing of the God of Love and Grace was surely, truly present, flowing over and around and from these two very special individuals who pledged their union before that same God and those of us privileged to be gathered as witnesses. Now, I have never particularly enjoyed presiding at weddings. Give me a baptism or a funeral any day. Wedding directors and, all too frequently, mothers of the bride, can drive me up the wall, as t...