Happy Sunday! I hope you are all well. We are still in a heat wave and probably will be for the rest of the summer. Scorching heat, for us, usually doesn’t hit until August and September but man, that mild June we had did not prepare us for July!

Since my surgery, audiobooks have been a way for me to get back into reading. I was never a fan of them before. I just couldn’t get into them. Well, now that my Premium Spotify account includes free audiobooks, and many new releases at that, I’ve been totally into them and loving my commute because of them. My attention span is way different post surgery. More focused. Not focusing on constant pain can free you up for all sorts of things!

Right Now:

Student ministry this morning. This summer has been a good mix of games and messages.

This Week:

This Wednesday we have a student movie night and we will be watching Nacho Libre and eating, you guessed it, nachos. I  have never seen this movie! It will be fun.

Reading:

I blew through a number of books recently and posted reviews for:

The Return of Ellie Black
You Like It Darker

I started these two:

Clear by Carys Davies
“Clear is the story of a minister dispatched to a remote island to “clear” its last remaining inhabitant–an unforgettable tale of resilience, change, and hope.”

Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
“A brilliantly observed family drama in which the enduring, hard-won affection of a long marriage faces imminent derailment from events both past and present.”

I was granted a review copy of Murakami’s new one, The City and Its Uncertain Walls. Yay! All is right with the world.

Watching:

Still watching Alice in Borderland. We are almost done with season 2. We also got hooked on an old show, Mike & Molly with Melissa McCarthy. I really like it. It’s cute and easy to watch.

Grateful for:

This new thing I’ve been trying, The Pour Over. It bills itself as a “Christ first, news source.” It’s free. I’ve been giving it a go and I have to say, the news is very unbiased and usually includes a bit of scripture if it pertains to the topic. It’s a way for me to stay on top of what’s going on, without steam coming out the top of my head. These days, news is just hard to listen to. I am on social media for work so sometimes I can’t avoid things but lately, I’ve been scheduling my work posts and just closing the apps when I am done. It’s good for my soul.