A Shepherd Needed

Today I had an interview to be standing pulpit supply at a church in K-Falls. I forgot just how much I enjoy the interview process because I am always being asked how I would handle a certain kind of situation or my opinion on some theological matter. As the interview concluded I asked a few probing questions about the committee's perception on why they need a new pastor. The overwhelming response was that the people need a shepherd. They need to know that there pastor loves them and in interested in their best interests. They need to know that someone will lead and guide them, put them in the pen and guard the gate to keep the wolves away. I know that my heart is to lead people to Jesus and protect them from the wolves of the world. I now have to wait and see if this is the place for me to put this into practice.

The Power of Words

It's true that you can't un-ring a bell or put toothpaste back in the tube. It's also true that the words we say can never be taken back. This became abundantly clear this week when a coworker used a very inappropriate word when asked to do a task. Words have power and James was right when he wrote that the tongue is a mighty weapon. I will take educational process in and make it part of who I am. For once, it's nice to learn from someone else's mistake and not my own.

Life is strange

So I thought I need to spend more time writing so I'm going to commit to doing it. I was thinking about how things have not worked out the way I thought they would. Fired from 2 churches, wiping butts and giving showers for Alzheimer patients, my son going off to school and the pain of that only to have to deal with him returning home 7 weeks later. Most of the time I have no idea why life brings what it does. All I know is that God seems to be a magic eye picture and I am color blind.

God's Reminder

It seems funny to think that I cannot get through my head that I have very little to do with the size of youth group. Just when I think I'm doing something special, God loads the homework on the students and the group shrinks. Guess I need to stop taking credit for God's victories and not feel to bad when God subtracts from the group. I just miss the students when they aren't there.