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Maybe all of it, the angelic vision, the fascination, the desire—maybe he had found its purpose Maybe it all led up to this moment

A Dormant Volcano

The serene, peaceful face of Mount Rainier disguises the fact that it is actually the erous volcano in America We try not to tell you too much about that when you’re actually on the tour—but we’ll have a video for you later We’ve titled it “Things We Don’t Want to Tell You Until You Get Away from the Mountain”

You don’t see any lava flows right now because the volcano is dor a nap It is not dead, just sleeping Molten lava can’t be contained forever It will happen one day Rainier will co you don’t need to worry too ists say theso ly solid foundation will crack and fall apart, burying the surrounding population in soot and ash Enjoy your stay!

Sergeant Titime member of Hope Church and considered its minister to be like part of the family Like everyone in the church, he knew Ian He knew about his history, that Ian had agreed to go to rehabilitation and to abstain froain for a DUI He also knew about Paul’s special project to help the kid turn his life around So when he looked out theof his cruiser on a Wednesday evening and saw Ian wandering along the side of a busy road, clearly drunk, instead of turning right and taking hiht Ian to the church He knew the church building would be open because his wife, Jenny, participated in Paul’s Bible-study class before her choir rehearsal, which usually ran until 9:00 pm

Bible-study class was finished, and Paul was checking e-of the locked outer office He got up, walked to Julie’s desk, and spotted Tim in his police uniform with his hand on the shoulder of a hunched Ian

“Damn it, Ian!” he muttered under his breath He unlocked the outer office door and let Ti Ian in Ian turned his head and looked down over hi

s left shoulder, away from Paul

“I’ along Harbor Street I thought he et himself hurt He blew a 19 I didn’t want to violate hi him out”

“It looks like I haven’t been doing a very good job of it,” Paul said, glaring at the side of Ian’s face He sighed and then turned to Ti him here I really appreciate it”

“No problem,” he said “Hope you can sort it out”

Tim closed the outer office door behind hiht, still tilted down He raised only his eyes to Paul and flashed his best injured-faun expression Paul was having none of it He raised his hands as though heman

“What were you thinking?” he nearly shouted He turned his back on Ian and walked into his own office Ian followed and closed the inner office door behind him

“I wanted to see you,” he said “So I walked”

“And you happened to stop by a distillery on the way?”