For Wilshire Baptist Church
Our church is reopening on the first Sunday of June, and to be honest, I’m not sure how I feel about that. It’s not a question of safety. We’ve been cautious and deliberate in waiting until the science said it was safe, and I do believe it is safe. What I’m not sure about is my appetite for full-fledged engagement.
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Saturday morning we gave our turquoise table a fresh coat of paint in preparation for better days in the neighborhood.
In case you aren’t familiar, the turquoise table movement was started in Austin in 2013 by Kristin Schell, who one day realized she didn’t know her neighbors. She bought an inexpensive picnic table, painted it her favorite color, and put it out in her front yard where people would see it and perhaps stop to visit. The idea caught on and now there is a web site and a book and thousands of tables registered worldwide. We got our table in 2018 when Wilshire bought a few and invited folks to paint them, take them home and host events.
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I’m always embarrassed when people ask me about the books I read because I don’t read many books. One reason is that when I do read, I’m easily distracted and often have to reread something to make sure I understood what I just read. Sometimes I want to reread because I want to catch the “music” of the words if they are especially well written.
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