Just a little behind . . .

It’s not uncommon for me to hear from subscribers to the print edition when their issue doesn’t arrive on time. Usually they ask whether their subscription is up to date, and sometimes it isn’t; sometimes it’s the mail—and we all know that the Post Office isn’t what it used to be—but sometimes it’s our fault. And this time it’s our fault, sort of. Actually we determined that if any of our quarterly issues is going to be late, the Trinity or Michaelmas issues could get away with it most easily, since the Christmas and Easter issues are obviously more seasonal in some respects.

Our excuse is that your humble Editor-in-Chief (hm, is that an oxymoron?) has moved. After thirty years of living in, serving at, and writing from St. Paul’s in Kewanee, we came to the end of our sojourn there. As many of you know, I retired last year, and the congregation gained a new pastor last December, and with roughly a year of all things associated with the transition, we finally pulled up the tent stakes and moved down to Collinsville, Illinois, about a three hours’ drive south. We are glad to be settling in also at St. Paul in Hamel, the iconic church along Route 66 where we have many friends and Gottesdienst Crowd type people, not least among whom is Pastor Ben Ball who serves there. Consequently we have for the past several weeks been packing boxes and unpacking boxes, closing up shop and opening shop, etc. It takes awhile when you’ve been in one spot for thirty years!

We’re still not done settling in, but at least we’re getting there; and the editorial office is once again open for business, at 3 Ramsgate, Collinsville, IL 62334.

So don’t panic when you notice that your Trinity issue is late, and you needn’t bother to ask. It’s coming, but not quite on time for Trinity Sunday. But it’s going to be another stellar issue, I can promise that. It should be out of the barn in a few weeks, and then, once again, we can all smile and say that God is in His heaven and all’s right with the world.