Hosive

here we are…back again….its like we never left. back in montgomery county, mary-land. back with my boys, the sun brothers, mike and eric. mike is the most athletic non-athletic looking dude on the court from u of i champ/urbana. eric is a md phd economic medical genius from princeton/u of c. they are my fellow illinois school attending, comic loving, convention attending, joke making, hole in the wall food eating, trouble finding, traveling companions these past 15 years. i was their youth pastor before we became really good friends with assorted adventures up and down the east coast and in the midwest.

and what bwings us together today is mawwaige. that’s the bride, pinarsky(marrying eric, not mike….but mike is part of the package(but not that way))

and here i am….marrying them! in wonky montgomery county, almost anyone can do weddings….as long as you are a representative of your religion…whatever that means….this is a liberal state(when bush destroyed dukakis in 1988, dukakis carried maryland!)  what’s really important in marriage in this state is the paperwork. i sign….you’re married! and, of course….i also have to mail in the paperwork. pretty unromantic. but that’s what it takes.

if you’re looking for a more romantic recap, here you go:

i love doing weddings. its like how the movie love actually depicts airports: so much joy in reunions, new starts, anticipation, welcoming and family. i haven’t done too many weddings where there was extreme family drama…mostly only the good stuff.

and i love the good stuff: i love the fact that all the couple has to do is get down the aisle and i’ll be able to take care of the rest….they can relax and enjoy the moment of god joining them together. i love giving couples this gift of life. i love being with people on the most important days of their lives.

i love doing weddings with moco people….its a reunion of days past…of days long ago and yet not so long ago. a chance to go back in time and get another chapter in the story.

this is church, folks. its not what building you go to or how many people attend or the kind of programs offered or what you accomplish….its the people you live, travel, laugh, celebrate and mourn with. you attend each other’s weddings and funerals; you raise each other’s kids; you are in each other’s homes and lives; you get to carry each other….and all the while, allowing god’s grace to shine to bless each other.

thank you, moco. viva!