I haven’t written in months and must not miss it. It isn’t routine, this posting thing. I’ll try to ge back into again for the sake of my own sanity, but life has been traveling a mile a minute. Do not believe, for one moment, that summer slows down for ministers. Maybe for those that have tens of years under their belts and not a worry regarding to the program of the church, but for those of us that are members of the junior clergy club our lives get more and more ridiculous at every turn. I travelled across the country with you, planned programs and wrote curriculum. Publicized, had meetings and even managed to squeeze in a week of real vacation. And then fall arrives with the kick off of all events, the beginning of new programs, and the all important implementation of the senior ministers dreams. Yes, there is only the time that I make for my own hopes and programs. There in the front row is the x of pulling off what the senior pastor’s heart desires, no that there will be any help on their end. No, it is a matter of priorities related to ministry and to job security. Personally, it drives me nuts. ‘d rather do what is needed to the best of my ability. Having not even been a year in my position I am still befuddled at how much must be new. Throughout seminary we were told not to create change within the first year. Ha! Laughable. There has been more change than I can count and to top it off, I have no clue what it looked like a year ago. Yes some things are visible, but as a whole it’s confounding. Anyway, that’s my saturday rant. I want try to get back into this as therapy and theological/social discourse. Only the future will tell if I keep it up.
October 6, 2007...10:31 am
What a long strange trip….
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