Normality or Normalcy

^{Back in about 1978 my dear Ruth Card used the word “normalcy”.   I spluttered and said “there is no such word”.   Ruth opened up her Webster’s Dictionary and showed me the entry for “normalcy”.}  

^{I was only half convinced, for my British heritage assured me that the correct usage is “normality”.}

^{Usage aside, I experienced normality at St. Boniface Church on Siesta Key FL today. Most of the congregation experienced normalcy!}

^{We did not expect this.}

^{For it was the first Sunday since the retirement of the beloved and long serving Rector at St. B’s, the Revd. Ted Copland.}  

^{Many of us expected a lower than low attendance on this first Sunday “sans Ted”, but we were delightfully proven wrong.} 

^{It was a Sunday of normality/normalcy with a splendid attendance.}

 I was privileged to preside at the 10:00 a.m. Eucharist.  St. B’s trusty assistant minister, my dear sister Andrea Taylor preached a cracker-jack and challenging sermon on forgiveness.  

Andi and I love working together, never more than in this time of transition at St. B’s at this time of normality.

^{And so it goes!} 

^{On a personal note -  I am so grateful for Ted Copland.  And I am more than grateful that I can be a servant of God’s people at St. B’s,  and minister with my beloved Andi Taylor during this transitional time of normalcy/normality.}