Wandering Elder

I am a fan of Dr. Who.  I confess I enjoy the old  Doctor programs a bit more than the current ones.  That may have something to do with the fact that when I saw the first ones on PBS back in the early 80's, I was much younger and could more easily suspend disbelief and enter the more imaginative world of the programs than I can now. Yet even in the new version of Dr. Who, there is a trend that is almost jokingly a part of the mythology of the series.  That trend is that the Doctor always seems to find time to say to whomever he is with that he will "explain later."  That later  may be the end of the episode or, in some cases, never.  The Doctor figures it out but can't take the time to explain what  he figured our or how .  Sometimes it is a plot device - time is against the Doctor and he has to move quickly.  Other times it has to do with the process of editing.  Taking time to explain doesn't always work well on television or i...

I am at the age now where I have to recognize a few things about life.  Some are good, some are bad, and some are just kind of there.  I wouldn't call them sad things, but they aren't happy.  They are just...there. Much of those 'there' things I have found have to do with the idea of being on the back side of a wave.  Like getting into real estate just as the bubble bursts.  Though this is more of a professional issue, I suppose.  For me anyway. As a pastor, one of the things I used to count on was the staid and predictable nature of how the church worked.  Change took place within the system but, being Methodists, it took time and committees and meetings and more time.  Now, I look at my denomination and I find that I am no longer a part of the cresting wave, if I ever was.  Instead, I feel as if I am on the back side of the wave that has already begun to dissipate, and those on the back of it are not surfing it but riding it into its sl...