Homeward Bound

The closing worship service and Eucharist last evening was good. John Polkinghorne was one of the celebrants of the Eucharist and it meant a lot to me to be served by him. Will Willimon gave a good sermon and the service concluded with Amazing Grace accompanied by bagpipes. I can't describe the feeling in Great St. Mary's Church packed with people singing this hymn with the bagpipes. It gives me chills now to think about it. It was very moving.

Here is a picture of the bagpiper at the reception at Queens College afterwards, and a picture of one of the courtyards there.


Unfortunately, the reception was outdoors and just as it began we had a pretty significant thunderstorm. Afterward, however, there was a rainbow that I tried to capture in this photograph:

I just had breakfast and head home today. I have a 2 1/2 hour bus ride from Cambridge to Heathrow, then a several hour wait until my flight to Logan. This has been a great conference and I feel thankful to God for giving me the privilege of being able to attend. God is good!