Rogation Sunday in the rural church was talked about and we saw a snippet of one on a video. I'm not sure that I'd even heard of such a thing as rogation, much less knew what it was, until I read Open Secrets a few months ago (a great book I'm now making my whole family read). It turns out that there is even a full Lutheran rogation service available on the web. I had no idea.
It turns out that all sort of stuff can be made out of corn. I had no idea about that either.
On the theological front, we talked about how activities like farming link rural life to creation. Our leader talked about the need for us to have a theology for the care of creation and rural life. He pointed out that land is a central Biblical theme and that we need to recognize that the center of creation is not humanity, but God. He used the example of Noah as a just man who is given by God the job of preserving creation. What he said made a lot of sense and I think will still be fermenting in my head twenty years from now.
We leave early tomorrow morning, so I've got my bag packed and ready to go. Thanks to my bag's color, there's no way I should be able to miss it at the baggage claim either, no matter how tired I am.
Nebraska here we come!
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