The next three blog posts are going to be an honest review of what I am learning as a new lead pastor. Today I will start with a reflection on myself. Next time I will deal with the church. And, finally, I will consider pastoring in general. If you want to stay up to date with all that information, sign up to have the blog sent to you via email.
So, there I am trying to decide between a pin and a pen when all of sudden it hits me: Is this in alignment with what God is calling the church to?
This spring we took “Spring Cleaning” to a whole new level at the church. We rented a dumpster for one week and aggressively started throwing things out. I can personally tell you that the 1980’s were a successful decade for VHS curriculum...
This month I did something I had only dreamed of: I spent the weekend with Superman. It was amazing. I saw things that I thought would have been impossible, things that no mere mortal could have accomplished, things that gave me hope in something bigger.
At the last funeral I was presiding over, the co-celebrant made a great statement about joy and pain. He said, “Without the depth of pain we could never celebrate the fullness of joy.”
Am I living a life worth emulating?
The truth is that I wouldn’t want to do something that didn’t require me to be all in. I would hate to drudge through life feeling as if there were no purpose or passion. Serving in a field that I love and serving in a place that I love afford me the opportunity to do something that most only dream of: to be in love with my work.
Can I confess something to you? Lately, I feel as if I can’t pray enough, that no amount of time talking to the Lord is going to be enough. My heart has been yearning for more and more time. I find that during this season all I can do is pray and pray and pray.
I LOVE a full life, boredom and I don’t get along well at all. So, having a full life is critical to keeping healthy peace of mind for me. Now, not everyone can handle my schedule, nor would everyone want to, but for me it is perfectly full.
For the longest time I would have said that a small group is the best way to bring discipleship into the church. Something recently has changed my mind on that and has drastically shifted my thinking on the purpose of a small group.