On Sunday, we worshipped at Covenant Presbyterian Church in the neighborhood of Covenant Seminary. Among the church's former pastors was Francis Shaeffer, back in the 1940's, I believe.

The pastor is now George Robertson, who did an outstanding exposition of 2 Corithians 11:16-33. It was everything a great sermon should be: accessible, faithful to the text, absent both emotionalistic manipulation and dry scholasticism, and yet extraordinarily convicting and uplifting. He's a gifted preacher. They also happened to be serving the Lord's Supper the day we were there, which made our visit even more memorable.

Yesterday we went to the seminary bookstoore and dumped a breathtaking amount of money. It's not an enormous bookstore, but every single volume there is worth having.

It's odd to find so much great Reformed stuff here in St. Louis. When we left in 1995, I was not particularly interested in spiritual matters, so I wouldn't have even known what "Reformed" meant, let alone seek it out. But as I return, I find that Reformedom is alive and well in the Midwest. If you ever check out the Real Audio messages at Atlantic Coast Communications, you'll see that a substantial number of the ministries represented there are in St. Louis. Who knew?

Tommorrow night, we head down to Busch Stadium to see the Cardinals take on the Toronto Blue Jays. They're saying there should finally be some sun tommorrow (it's been cold and rainy so far), just in time for a nice evening at the ballpark.