Driving six teenagers home from a youth group retreat, I was having a wonderful discussion with a tenth grader about Communion and God's love and wham! out of nowhere a beautiful huge buck bounded across the road. I managed to brake but could not avoid him.

The kids are all right.

The car is not so all right, but it's just a car.

The deer? He did a somersault and then dashed across the field, as graceful as he had been before. I hope he too is all right. He was one beautiful buck.

Thanks, God, for protecting us all this morning.