Another warm summer day in Madison is in the books. Tomorrow morning is Mathias’ dedication. The trip has been OK so far, with a good range of parties, food and family drama checking in at random points. My parents are down from Two Rivers, which is a bit of a surprise considering my mom’s recent surgery to repair some side effects from an earlier operation, but I’m glad they were able to make it. As far as the family drama, I’m starting to treat it as I am my mom’s cancer–something chronic that’s not going away, just a fact of life that has to be addressed or ignored as appropriate.

Lisa and I were caught a bit off guard by the sermon accompanying the dedication ceremony–”When Buddha Meets the Big Bang,” about, as you may guess, how science and religion don’t have to necessarily disagree with each other, and, in some cases, may contribute to each other. As a topic, it’s far out side what Michele and Dwight have seen at the First Unitarian Society this year, and from all indications they were as surprised as Lisa and I were. I’m kind of disappointed that this would be the topic for tomorrow, and had I known would not have supported us taking part, but the sermons aren’t announced in advance, and we basically committed the moment friends and family started signing up to attend. (I am interested in how the subject will be handled, especially considering some estimates put over 10% of Unitarians in the “atheist” category, but still wish it wasn’t happening on the day of my son’s dedication.)

For what it’s worth, we’ll have a good crowd tomorrow.

Well, it’s late, and there’s still work to do for the party after the ceremony tomorrow. More later.