Keeping my head above the water
Blogger, I’ve missed you. It’s been way too long.
As you can probably tell, I don’t have as much time to write these days. It comes with saying good-bye to another pastor. Since coming to HMC I’ve waved farewell to five ministry staff in less than four years (Milly, Claran, Olu, Rick, and Peter). The latest, Peter, our 20 year veteran pastor was a rock of stability. I miss him but I’m glad he has moved on. I wanted to keep him around, but he had other plans. His absence has allowed our staff team to stretch into uncomfortable-land. That’s the magical place where we all receive more to do–we’ll call them new opportunities–to sink or swim as pastors.
As far as I can tell we’ve all got our heads above water (even though my blogging silence might indicate otherwise). I believe our staff team is headed in the right direction and I’m encouraged to see so many HMC people jumping in after us.
The real test will be how well we elder one another once we face the crocodiles ahead.
