![]() ![]() If I have a piece of paper between me and everyone else, that’s not the best way to be with the spirit. I don’t want to be looking at my notes on Sunday. I’m really turning the phrases over, thinking about the key thing, the poetic piece. NO NOTES At about 8:30 I hop in the shower. I want it to feel as present-tense as possible. We catch up: What did you dream about? How did you sleep? John says, Do you have a sermon? No matter how much I’ve worked on it during the week, he knows me well enough to know I keep cooking it until the last minute. When the coffee is ready, we sit in our two red swivel chairs that face north, toward the Chrysler Building. While I’m brushing my teeth, John makes the coffee. STILL COOKING At 7:30, I wake up thinking, this is going to be an amazing day. Although they are empty nesters, they maintain an open-door policy with their son, Joel Janka their daughter-in-law, Gabrielle Deveaux and their grandchildren, Ophelia, 3, and Octavius, 21 months. John Janka, a retired clergyman in the United Methodist Church. Lewis, 62, lives in the East Village with her husband, the Rev.
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