Intermission

Did you know that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang originally had an intermission?  Kind of a long movie, so it's understandable, I guess, but these days you can just hit the pause button to go get your popcorn.  Still, there is always an intermission whenever I go to the symphony at Ferguson.  Hm, I wonder if that's kind of what summer is in our faith life.  Heaven knows we don't use as much bread and wine during the summer!  But then, an intermission might not be such a bad thing.  That's when we (or maybe just me) go to Disney (or snorkel in the Florida Keys and slog through the Everglades), or take a break so we can rest, or do some other things out of routine so that we're ready to return when intermission is over.  It's not even that it's goof-off time, but sometimes that's ok too.  Just let the little interlude play and wait for them to flicker the lights to tell you it's time to come back in.  Summer's here and it looks to be busy, but if it's intermission time, make it a good one - go to Disney (or wherever), rest, go get some popcorn.  But then come back in, ready to start the show, when the interlude is over.

-- Marc