In that day, I will restore David's fallen shelter.

I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins and will rebuild it as it used to

be so that they may possess the remnant of Eden and all the nations that bear my name

declares the Lord.

Who will do these things?

This is the Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

You can have a seat.

Now what Amos chapterized pointing to is very important, so is this.

My great friend, a member of my Bridgetown community, Reese Penny Sunberg is seven years

old today.

Sometimes you make impulsive commitments to six year olds on Friday nights that you

have to hold to Sunday mornings.

So dear Lord, would you take Amos chapter nine and would you help us to see it that we

might inhabit it and maybe even become it?

Amen.

Do you want another seltzer?

So I look up at this bartender and I've got tear tracks standing in my cheeks.

It's a Monday night in February in New York City.

I was looking for a place to read at 9.30 pm.

The options were quite limited.

That's how I end up sitting alone at the bar of this Irish pub.

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