Labor Day

                                                  Psalm 52:9

I 

will 

give

thanks 

for 

what 

you 

have 

done 

and 

declare 

the goodness of your Name…

My Dad Robert L Johnson (5/16/1920-9/4/2016)  slipped quietly away last night. This is the view form the niche where my Dad’s ashes will be next to my Mom. He and Mom picked it out - it is of, obviously, the altar, but of the glass doors that he renovated when he was the sexton there…. people mistook Jesus for the gardener, and  my Dad, who had been CEO of McDOnnell Douglas and Under-secretary of the Army for R & D in the 60s, for the handyman. Sexton had a good ring to it… 

Depart, O Christian soul, out of this world;

 In the Name of God the Father Almighty who created you; 

In the name of Jesus Christ to redeemed you;   

in the Name of the Holy Spirit who sanctifies you. 

May your rest be this day in peace 

and your dwelling place in the paradise of God

                 created  *** redeemed ***sanctifies