Of BBQ and other honors ...

I just finished rubbing down three cases of pork butts and am winding down to go to bed.

Friday is a big day; in fact, so big that I had to take a vacation day. Not only do I have to ready for the Festival of Hope, fire up the smokers, etc., but I have to head up to East Tennessee State University Friday afternoon to be -- get this -- inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame on behalf of the school of journalism. I'm pretty humbled by it; after all, who would've thought? (Go to www.buzztrexler.com and pick me out in a pix of the college newspaper staff in 1979 and you'll see why ...)

I then come back and stay up all night cooking BBQ.

Ah, the life of a journalist/pastor ...

Grace and peace ...