This summer has been pretty typical for me. A lot of camping, a lot of complaining about the heat, a lot of searching for cool water to dip into. A lot of walking the dog. A lot of trying to keep the dog from being overly social. A lot of trying to encourage opportunities for my kids to be IRL social. A lot of wishing I was sleeping just a liiiiiiiittle bit more than I am. A lot of being thankful.

This summer has also been pretty atypical for me. A lot of trying to get my head wrapped around teaching courses at Kingswood University. A lot of me wrestling over the results of Phase Two from our Worship Leader Research work (including spending a few days repping the team in Montreal at the Hymn Society’s 2023 conference). And, in the midst of it all, a lot of me wrestling with one of my favourite biblical texts: The Book Of Jonah.

I was blessed to have been able to speak last week at my local church about Jonah’s story, and how it might connect with us in the here and now. The audio is in the podcast, but if you’d prefer the video, that’s available in multiple places, like MW’s Facebook, YouTube, or Vimeo accounts.

As summer carries on, I hope to be able to get back to podcasting a little more by Fall, but we’ll have to see how / where the sun shines.

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