Putting parentheses around my summer

Even though the calendar contradicts me, I think summer consists of that period between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Maybe the thermometer is with me on this one, because last week on Monday the temperature was a record 103 degrees Fahrenheit in Billings, and yesterday the temperature was 47 degrees Fahrenheit.


Since I am new to Montana, I have been trying to see all of the West that I can see in a short time. Some of my old friends from Georgia got the same idea. On Memorial Day I caught up with Janice and Robert McElreath from Marietta. They gave me a grand tour of Yellowstone Park, including a close-up of a grizzly bear, which I will post on a later blog.

For Labor Day I had the special treat of getting to spend time with Mary Kay and Ron Lindquist from South Georgia. Here we are at a Mexican restaurant in Bozeman.

Our common denominator as friends is that we have worshiped together in churches and we feel that distance does not really separate us. We can catch up with each other anywhere and take up the conversation right where we left off last time.

I believe this is how first-century Christians spread Christianity and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth. Once the bond of fellowship and community is established, it goes on forever, and we have such Good News to share, we cannot keep it to ourselves.


In peace,
Linda+
The Rev. Linda McCloud
Vicar
Holy Cross Church-Episcopal
www.holycrosschurchbillings.org
406-208-7314