Summers are

for vacations. That's been long established. Whether that vacation is

to visit favored relatives and sponge off them or a pricey Cancun get-a-way.

A vacation means you vacate your normal way of doing things in order to

change your place and pace. Vacations allow us to slow down, think, and

spend quality time with family and lots more.

Now, permit

me a little theological digression before I continue: it was in God's

intention all along for Sundays to be mini-vacations every week. God knew

we all needed a break from work and worry. God gave the Lord's Day to

us to rest, worship, and perhaps take time to help someone in need. Regretfully,

Sundays are evolving into another Saturday another day to do chores, go

shopping, and for many people, go to "work" work.