Beware

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, the sky has already gone from predawn gray to pink and now coming up light blue - - which indicates a higher humidity, I suppose, 60F and 85% and I'd go outside and get a picture but that my socks would get wet.

Wounded Warriors at PCB for their twice yearly (is that biennial or semi-ennial?) visit. I appreciate them and also Bike Week when thousands of motorcycles are here, seems like mostly Harleys, and the Harley dealer at PCB is swamped with happy bikers and so is Hunt's Oyster Bar here in StAndrews.

In other news, a young golfer looks at a goose nest and the goose attacks him as he runs, tripping and falling and the goose goes for him. Good lesson there. We often, and especially the cats, were dive-bombed by nesting birds over the years, but the only time a serious bird had a go at me was the swans around the lake at Defuniak Springs once when there with the BayHigh band for a festival and wandered too close to the swans down by the water, where one charged me. We went there by bus, marched and played in a parade as I recall. My other memory of that band trip is buying a beautiful large slice of homemade coconut cream pie at one of the food booths and disappointed because it tasted thin, made with water not milk like the pie my mother made. It was my first time in that lovely town around the lake, and I thought I'd like to be priest at the quaint Episcopal church there and live in the rectory overlooking the lake. The other place I loved that way early in life was Apalachicola and Trinity Church, a dream that came true in my time. Linda and I are going back to Apalach tomorrow and staying until after the Saturday afternoon funeral of a dear old friend from our years there.

Speaking of early churches, TGBC reading this Wednesday morning is about the origin of St Barnabas' Episcopal Church, Antioch, and how their early outreach ministry was financial aid to church workers in Judea. 

Acts 11:19-30

The Church in Antioch

 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, and they spoke the word to no one except Jews. But among them were some men of Cyprus and Cyrene who, on coming to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists also, proclaiming the Lord Jesus. The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number became believers and turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast devotion; for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were brought to the Lord. Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for an entire year they associated with the church and taught a great many people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called ‘Christians’.

 At that time prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine over all the world; and this took place during the reign of Claudius. The disciples determined that according to their ability, each would send relief to the believers living in Judea; this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.