My voice was back to nearly normal when I spoke to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute last week. However, having a scratchy voice played into my role as Bishop Frances Asbury. Since he traveled by horseback through all types of weather, he often got head colds.
I was dressed as Bishop Asbury and spoke about Camp Meetings. Bishop Asbury, the first Methodist bishop in America, had actually spoken at several of the camp meetings that I talked about (and visited). It was neat having one member of the audience whose father and grandfather were circuit-riding preachers, which is the subject of my next presentation to the Osher group on April 5.
