Let's go to the rest of the villages so I can preach there also. This is why I've come.

Today was probably my first normal day of CPE. I wasn't so nervous I hid in an office all morning, but I also didn't spend 6 hours in clinicals bored to tears because no residents were to be found. It really was a nice day. But the highlight for me was the opportunity to preach at the Wednesday Healing Eucharist this morning. While it was only a 5 minute sermon (one that I was relatively pleased with, but certainly wasn't a masterpiece), I really felt like I connected with the congregation present. Not only that, but I had the chance to preach on a feast day for a saint with whom I had not familiarity. Oh and I wrote it yesterday. All sorts of things that will be real in ministry came true for me during this sermon today. I'm glad that I'm not called to a ministry of healing (there'd be a lot of disappointed folks). Instead, like Jesus I know my calling, and for that I'm eternally thankful.