Sweet home Chicago (whew)

Just got back this hour from Akron after leaving for the drive at 12:20 CST!!!! It took over nine hours! The turnpike traffic was about like what you get going home on the Sunday after Thanksgiving!

To make matters worse, there was all this lane-dropping, lane-moving construction junk (where nobody's actually doing any work) before Toledo to make the trip across Ohio seem like a flight to Los Angeles.

I got off the Sound Bend, IN exit to hear Shorewood's evening service but the connection never stayed for more than 30 seconds at a time. There was endless buffering--5%, 18%, 57%, 14%, 26%, 89%, 17%. Very frustrating and it didn't matter at all how many different spots in the Starbucks I moved my seat to.

The Catholic imprint was everywhere on the main drag on the outskirts of town. I have only been through the city three or four times, but it is always mind-boggling.

On the radio through Ohio was an old hymn I had not thought about in a long, long time:


When trouble surrounds us when evils come
The body grows weak the spirit grows numb
When these things beset us He doesn't forget us
He sends down His love on the wings of a dove

Chorus
On the wings of a snow white dove
He sends His pure sweet love
A sign from above
On the wings of a dove

When Noah had drifted on the flood many days
He searched for land in various ways
Trouble he had some but wasn't forgotten
He sent him His love on the wings of a dove
(chorus)

When Jesus went down to the water that day
He was baptized in the usual way
When it was done, God blessed his son
He sent him His love on the wings of a dove
(chorus)