Annually after December’s decorations have gone back into storage, the calendar has turned, and even the ambitions of resolutions have started to fade as the church shifts to ‘ordinary time’ …

As the weather begins to breathe its cool breath upon us, convincing the trees to dance with color before shedding their summer clothes for the barren winter display, we all settle into the pace of the fall.

As I was reading in the evening the other night, I was suddenly struck by a great late summer symphony floating through the windows. This familiar annual tune announces the seasonal change about to take place.