Rockies Game II

We finished our counseling at Quiet Waters Friday morning. It was excellent.

We enjoyed the chance to walk around downtown Denver, saw the Denver Capitol Building (right) and learned about the history of Colorado at the Colorado History Museum (left).

Our last big event in Denver was the Colorado Rockies game against the Chicago Cubs. As a Milwaukee Brewers fan, I was delighted when the Rockies trounced the Cubs, 6-2.

Saturday we fly back to Iowa, and on Sunday we will head to Clear Lake, IA, to visit Karin's cousin and to meet Karin's parents and pick up Tyler and Sam. It's been a great two weeks in Colorado.

Thursday's Golden

The intensive at Quiet Waters is drawing to a close, as is the sabbatical.

After our session this morning, we headed to Golden, CO, once again. We explored the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. We both enjoyed the beautiful quilts.

We then headed up the Lookout Mountain Road, along the Lariat Loop, to the Buffalo Bill Cody Grave and Museum. The road had Karin a bit nervous again, but the view from Lookout Mountain was terrific. This trip completed our tour of the Lariat Loop

We then headed back to Denver for a class at REI on bicycle maintenance.

Tomorrow will be our last session with our counselor, and the Colorado Rockies baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in the evening. Saturday we'll be flying back to Iowa for the last week of the sabbatical.

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.