Mom was more alert in church today than she has been for some time. I wouldn't say she listened to the sermon, but she was looking in that direction most of the time. She hasn't said or sang anything since last Reformation Sunday, when as I told some of you, she sang all the verses of "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God." That was a surprise. Although it's not so every Sunday, today the service contained a pretty complete setting of Lutheran liturgy. As usual, I pointed to the words (as I do to the words of hymns) and she seemed to be following. You have to believe she recognized some of it.