Re-entry

Re-entry..... it's the name a friend of mine gives to all of those activities that consume you when you return to earth following a long stint away from home. You know - laundry, dry cleaning, getting the mail from the neighbors', picking up the dog and the kids, mowing the lawn after the 40 days and nights of San Antonio rain - all of that stuff.

And don't forget the best part - downloading all of your remaining trip photos! Here are some from our last few days in London!

Spamalot at the Palace Theater is the hysterically funny musical based on the movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". Others in our group saw the musicals Wicked (the prequel to the Wizard of Oz), Mary Poppins, Les Miserables, Lion King, and Lord of the Rings.



Many of us got the memo about Canterbury being the place to wear your pink shirts!



Canterbury is an amazing city. The old part of town, within the ancient Roman/Norman city wall, is now a pedestrian-only area. Visiting this cathedral in particular is very moving - this is the current seat of our faith, the home of the Archbishop, and the place where pilgrims have come for thousands of years to pray at the site of the martyrdom of St. Thomas Beckett.






In modern times the Pope and the Archbishop have met and prayed together at the Martyrdom site, and the sanctuary still stops every hour at half-past to pray for the peace of the world. Praying for peace is a great emphasis in every church in Europe - perhaps because so many visitors to cathedrals are not necessarily members of the Anglo-Catholic faith tradition, yet the desire for peace is something that unites us all, regardless of other lines we draw in the sand to separate us.

Thanks for your prayers for us as we've been away. We look forward to seeing you in worship downtown soon - we'll be the ones in the red and white robes!