This season has created a level of exhaustion and fatigue among many of our clergy and lay leaders as we have had to learn new ways of doing our ministry, dealing with technology, caring for the sick and wounded, and making so many important and pressurized decisions. Part of our fatigue also has to do with the anxiety and complexity of not knowing what is coming and where we are going in our ministry before the Lord.

The topics for each week (31 August -- 2 October) are: Biblical Foundations of Marriage, Purposes of Marriage, Stages of Marriage, and Outside Marriage (the single life). In the final week, Dr. Noll is offering a supplement on Angels, in honor of the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels on September 29. The main theme of the devotions is marriage and the single life as particular vocations of following Jesus.

"We are working on a phased re-entry plan that we anticipate will begin in the next two to three weeks," Southeast Florida Bishop Peter Eaton said in an Aug. 19 letter to residents. Because of the repair schedule, "some sections of the building may be habitable when others are not."

The president made the pronouncement today as he toured the site where he saw piles of debris of what was once an eye-catching church.

St. Peter's Church was destroyed last Sunday night, in what is thought to be a long-drawn out land conflict. The destruction caused a national uproar.