Well, I don't usually share a lot of personal stuff here in the community, but you may be wondering what's going on with me, so I thought I would give a couple of updates.

The insurance adjusters are going to be taking stock of the damage in our home, which will eventually lead to a ballpark estimate on when it will be habitable again. The good news is all my books survived, and all of our irreplaceable personal or sentimental items also survived. No losses that a check from the insurance company can't fix. Once there's nothing else I can do but wait, I will make the trip over to the Philippines to join my family.

In the meantime, it looks good for our grandson to be getting his visa to come to the US this month, and while there are a few hoops to jump through still, in God's timing, this might all come together at about the same time, and then we will all come back to a newly renovated home, whenever it's ready. Hopefully that will be by the end of this month, but it very well might not be. (And as if that wasn't enough travel, I'm supposed to go to a conference in Oxford in August).

Thankfully, I worked ahead and recorded the podcasts for July, so those are "in the can" as they say. (That means finished and ready to go, not that I recorded them in the bathroom, though the acoustics might be good there). On that note, the podcast series on The Heresies has a new episode coming out on Wednesday, then three more episodes, I think, and then a wrap-up/conclusion episode. From there I'm going to back to the lesser-known (but still important) Church fathers - the ones Mike didn't do in his seasons - and after that we will begin a longer series on the Doctors of the Church.

As far as the community here, and The Journey (Saturday Bible Study), it looks like the return date for that will depend on when we get back into our home (and when I have access to my books). So your prayers are appreciated for all the travel and logistics, and I can say I'm really longing for the day when my family is together under one roof again.

In the meantime, feel free to post here - talk amongst yourselves - and I will chime in as I get the opportunity to check the feed. I hope you're having a great summer (I hope it's more relaxing than mine!). Ciao!