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Sorry about the blogging lapse, everyone. I was in Florida for my sister's wedding. How very odd to fly across the country for a weekend visit. Did our great-grandparents ever even imagine that would be so?
Odd to be gone from the computer... I took the whole weekend off. When I told my wife that, she had a difficult time believing me. I tend to have the computer glued to my lap (in fact, it's a wonder it hasn't rendered me sterile- but no worries! Number 2 is on the way and due in May!!). At any rate, whereas the thought of a weekend away from my cyber reality would have at one time freaked me out considerably, it was actually a really nice break. I can take my hands off the wheel for a few days... the car won't go off the road.
Odd to be gone from evergreen this weekend. I think, I'm not sure but I think... that this was only my second Sunday missed? Is that right? So odd to be sitting on a sunny Florida back porch with a cool breeze blowing, thinking "They're setting up now. Someone's doing the welcome now. They're just about done now." Thinking and praying... While it was nice to get a break from the computer, not so much with evergreen... I don't know as I've ever really been a part of something where I wasn't itching to get away for a few weeks. Maybe that's the result of me being the lead dude on this, or maybe it's actually a result of the fact that we've managed (with God's help, of course) to become something of a community and I genuinely MISS it when I'm away. Miss the people, miss the interaction, miss the love...
I enjoy evergreen on Sundays... But I think in this next year it's actually going to become fun. Sunday mornings, for all that I look forward to about them are still stressful. I have yet to just settle back into them and really begin to enjoy... I look forward to that.
I've heard it said that no matter how long you pastor, with each church you never really hit your stride until year three. Year one you are just trying to keep head above water, get your bearings... year two you are still on the learning curve, learning the processes and the pitfalls... and it's not until year three that you become really, seriously productive as a pastor, as you now know the lay of the land, how best to spend your time and energies in that particular situation, what to aviod, etc. Looking forward to seeing and feeling that particular sweet spot as we enter our third year next Spring.
Odd to be gone from the computer... I took the whole weekend off. When I told my wife that, she had a difficult time believing me. I tend to have the computer glued to my lap (in fact, it's a wonder it hasn't rendered me sterile- but no worries! Number 2 is on the way and due in May!!). At any rate, whereas the thought of a weekend away from my cyber reality would have at one time freaked me out considerably, it was actually a really nice break. I can take my hands off the wheel for a few days... the car won't go off the road.
Odd to be gone from evergreen this weekend. I think, I'm not sure but I think... that this was only my second Sunday missed? Is that right? So odd to be sitting on a sunny Florida back porch with a cool breeze blowing, thinking "They're setting up now. Someone's doing the welcome now. They're just about done now." Thinking and praying... While it was nice to get a break from the computer, not so much with evergreen... I don't know as I've ever really been a part of something where I wasn't itching to get away for a few weeks. Maybe that's the result of me being the lead dude on this, or maybe it's actually a result of the fact that we've managed (with God's help, of course) to become something of a community and I genuinely MISS it when I'm away. Miss the people, miss the interaction, miss the love...
I enjoy evergreen on Sundays... But I think in this next year it's actually going to become fun. Sunday mornings, for all that I look forward to about them are still stressful. I have yet to just settle back into them and really begin to enjoy... I look forward to that.
I've heard it said that no matter how long you pastor, with each church you never really hit your stride until year three. Year one you are just trying to keep head above water, get your bearings... year two you are still on the learning curve, learning the processes and the pitfalls... and it's not until year three that you become really, seriously productive as a pastor, as you now know the lay of the land, how best to spend your time and energies in that particular situation, what to aviod, etc. Looking forward to seeing and feeling that particular sweet spot as we enter our third year next Spring.
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