I'M BACK

Haven’t posed anything since the end of July. Sorry to all who’ve been checking in, and thanks to those who actually checked on me to see if I was okay. That was pretty cool. Feels like we have a bit of a community going here.

Not really sure why I’ve been out of action so long. I was feeling pretty down after my last posting about the death of Arthur Dethmers. He was such a wonderful kid – a young man of 30 actually, but at sixty I find I have a lot of grown-up kids in my life – and Dethmers are such a great family. I think I was just sort of empty. I was also on vacation, and I’ve had some big work challenges that I’m going to blog about now that they’re sorting out. Anyway, I’m back.

Last Sunday the chair of the Board read my resignation letter to the congregation. I’ll be done here at the end of November and I really have no idea what I’ll do then. Only plan is to take December off and go to Ontario for Christmas. I don’t want to pastor another church so I’ll look for something else to do after that.

I’m tired of all the nonsense of church life these days, but that’s a subject for another posting. Right now I’m focused on just getting past it. Jesus actually gave some great advice about these situations. He told his disciples that they needed to know when it to call it quits, and when that time comes just to “shake the dust from your feet” and move on. (Matthew 10:14) Life’s messy, and you’re bound to get a little poop on you from time to time. You have to be able to take it while you’re in the middle of it, but you don’t have to take any of it with you when you go.

There’s a song called Million Pieces I listen to at times like these. It’s by a band called The Newsboys. They’re a worship band, but it’s not a worship song; just a great one. Click on the title and give it a listen. If you’re feeling down it will cheer you up. If it doesn’t perhaps you should seek medical attention.