It's a rainy day and it's Monday.  I should be down, but not today.  I'll be giving another sermon this Sunday and today is a research day.  My topic will be "home." 

It seems to me that everybody has a different conception of home.  For some its their dwelling, others feel more home at work.  Some people feel at home at the golf course or at a neighborhood bar.  Others feel at home at a certain store or spa.  Church is a home to many and the ancestral home may be as repellent to some as it is attractive to others.

The common thread is that each of us feels a yearning for a place we can call home.  This is a place where we feel safe and connected.  Where we can be ourselves without fear of judgment or expectations that push us to be someone else.  Thus the ancestral home that is anything but a haven.

Heaven may be a yearned for home for many, but I wonder how many would feel comfortable living in what is the popular conception of that place?  Harps and clouds and bliss all day all the time.  For who would that be home?  I suspect even Mother Theresa would soon chafe at the lack of variety.  No, I think more people would agree with Max Tucker's's conception of a spiritual home.  Mr. Tucker is a self confessed hedonist and is the author of, "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell."

I'd love to know what place others see as "home."  Is it where you grew up, a favorite concert hall, a college, your house, or workplace?  Please let me know.