Ordinary Holy | Week 1 | Finding Joy in Every Season

But as we're beginning, um, I wanna start our summer journey a year ago May.

It was a normal, uh, Wednesday morning.

It was gonna be a busy, uh, work day in my life.

Uh, all three of our kids were still at home, and I was responsible to drop them off that morning at school.

I had a very large to-do list.

I had to drive into work, so I was anticipating the love, joy, peace, and patience growing experience of 401 traffic.

It was recycling and garbage day, and so we were getting all the garbage ready.

So I drove the kids to school.

Jo and Ara getting the recycling out, the garbage out.

I had the to-do list.

I got a good coffee.

I had my backpack.

I double-checked I had the to-do list.

I was walking towards my car, and then suddenly, unexpectedly, a small little bird flew in front of me and perched.

And in that moment, I just stopped.

Usually, most of us don't stop to observe small, little, normal things.

Of course, uh, spring had come, and the birds had returned.

And the little bird, you who are watching online, some of you are from, not from Canada or this part of Canada, and so you won't have this bird where you live, but this is a very familiar and loved bird here called a chickadee.

Everyone know what a chickadee is? Here it is.

Here's just a small picture of a chickadee.

Oh.

[laughs]

Hallmark.

Oh, okay.

And, um, these are very common little birds in our area, and the reason why they're called chickadees is because of how they sing.