Diving In

Summer 2005

In the summer of 2005 I was on Chebeague Island, Maine preparing to spend a year as the interim associate minister at my home church in Guilford, Connecticut.  The year before we’d missed coming to the island because of Peter’s radiation treatment for recurring prostate cancer.  During that time the town dock in front of our house had been rebuilt and its expanded parking took over much of our front yard.  I came to Chebeague hoping to escape the sense of being invaded by Peter’s cancer and found instead the feeling of being invaded by the increased activity and noise at the dock.  The summer of 2005 was an emotional roller coaster as I came to grips with these emotions and got ready to step into my new ministry.