A Family Affair

We continue to have very good sessions with the counselor. Afterward we headed to Golden, CO, where Karin got to visit a quilt shop and we took a tour of the Coors brewery. But the real highlight was driving to Loveland, CO, where we visited our nephew, Karl. Karl lives in Fort Collins, but works in urban development for Loveland. We learned a lot about his work and had a great dinner (it was also Karl's birthday over the weekend).

Coors Field

We arrived in Denver on Saturday so that we can participate in a two week Quiet Waters Counseling Intensive. The Counseling Intensive is 20 hours of counseling, intended to provide a place for renewal and transformational growth and change for pastor and spouse. We hope it will be a time to renew my sense of calling and passion for ministry, and a time to renew and strengthen our marriage. Our 25th anniversary will come in August, so this will be a kind of "25-year tune-up" for our marriage, and a "17-year tune-up" for my pastoral ministry.

But before the Counseling Intensive begins on Monday, Karin and I got to go to a Colorado Rockies baseball game at Coors Field - the Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants, 4-2. That's one of the baseball fields I haven't seen before, and we enjoyed the game and the field. The weather reports called for scattered thunderstorms, but other than a few sprinkles, the weather was dry. God provided again.

In addition to the Counseling Intensive, during the next two weeks here in Denver, Karin and I hope to spend some of our free time by hiking and touring some sites -- Rocky Mountain National Park, Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak, etc.