Boxes

As month #2 in Brunswick begins for the Munson household, we are almost out of boxes (woo hoo!) and settled into the parsonage that was so beautifully prepared for us.  The ginger cats have found their favorite corners.  I know where the grocery stores are and the Portland Press Herald now arrives on the doorstep each morning in time for Jeff's sodoku/caffeine fix.  Even the office books are shelved, though don't ask me to put my hands right on any one in particular, order will come later!  Life is good.

VBS message in a beaker

Vacation Bible school was a blast, with energetic/curious/courteous kids (and adults) bringing the church to life.  Worship is joy and people are so patient as I search names and faces in the recesses of my brain.

Jeff Munson's labor of love.

How's your summer going?  Are you finding food for the soul?  In Maine's warmer  months, we're like  squirrels-storing up good energy and nuggets of summer fun that will tide us through long winter days down the road.
      In college, friends in Intervarsity Christian Fellowship taught me about "quiet time," daily moments set aside to spend with God.  These moments fill us with God's goodness and cultivate God's purpose and peace to carry through each day. Camp is a place that reminds me to claim God's promises just as Vacation Bible School is an environment in which many kids come to hear of those pomises for the first time. These times and places are holy ground.  May God bless the ground you find yourself walking this day and fll you with goodness for days to come.  Its a goodness that takes us out of the boxes we sometimes find ourselves caught in!