[ These are quick sermon notes...not cleaned-up...and missing the "extras" that come out in the audio (which is available here). All quotes are from the English Standard Version unless otherwise noted. ]

Abu Dhabi

Last week I was in Abu Dhabi--The company I work for has provided services to FIFA Club football matches there and a good friend of mine has been running the ticketing.

After I dealt with exchanging U.S. dollars for UAE dirhams (and back), saw all the expensive cars zipping down the road (a bit disconcerting as they shook my rental car when they passed me the first night I arrived), saw the most prolific items in the skyline -- cranes, made sure I’d have enough UAE coins for all the kids here…

The subject for this week’s sermon came to mind.

Although it will not last...here is Antrim's first accumulation of snow since we escaped the previous winter. It is actually piling up reasonably quickly...we'll now see how my Nissan Cube does on the road with a little slick-stuff impeding progress. (Concord, here I come!)

I'm just glad I don't have to break-out the snow-blower. :-)