January 28, 2018 (With screen shots from slideshow) Our Psalm this morning tells us to: “Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.” Today, I want to give thanks, with my whole heart, in the company of this (very upright) congregation. If you were here just before I left, you might remember that I preached about my hopes and plans for my sabbatical, but that it had just occurred to me that the origin of the word “sabbatical” came from the word “sabbath”. Sabbath, meaning, most importantly for my purposes, a time of rest. And true sabbath rest-taking, as I confessed in September, is not really my strong suit. So when people ask me what I did on my sabbatical, part of me would really love to be able to answer with impressive accomplishments. Like writing a book, maybe, or walking the Camino, or running a marathon, or ...