The first of what will probably be 3 vids of the Big U here in Mobile.  Today is just a drive by with the saddest violin music I could find added to it. (The reason for the somber music will become completely apparent.)  Tomorrow I’ll do some reflection back on Canal “Street” (an odd name for that gravel path right by the train tracks!) – maybe thinking through the question “So what’s spiritual about an old ocean liner?”  Then Thursday I’ll be on the riverboat “Perdido Queen and will get footage of the ship from the water.

Joan Caldwell commented after watching my bonus sermon video of the United States recorded in Philadelphia last year – how it was very sad to watch.  Joan?  This one is sadder in some ways.

Some of you may not have seen the first video on the United States.  I recorded in in November of 2024 from the parking lot of IKEA in South Philly – just across the street from the pier that was the Big U’s “home” for almost 30 years.  It’s linked below: