4 Tim

My annual staff review/evaluation is coming up on Tuesday. In past years, I’ve answered a questionnaire about how well I was doing according to my ministry (job) description. Things are different this year.  Since we’re in a transition as a church, our interim lead pastor has asked us to answer questions like, “What’s your primary…

Erika and I are sharing “Ten lessons in ten years” with the 55+ group at our church tomorrow. We’ll be telling stories from the first decade of our life together. Here’s #3: Don’t wait for the perfect time. The first few verses of Ecclesiastes 11 talk about not waiting until the right circumstances before planting,…

We picked our little girl up from camp tonight. The bright pink cast made her easy to spot in the midst of so many children. On the ride home she told us about a cool swamp walk that smelled worst than toilet water. She also shared stories of talent night and a counselor that made…

Sabbath. Do you take one? That was the topic of conversation around the staff meeting table this morning. I brought a book I picked up this weekend called, Sabbath by Dan Allender. It’s part of the Ancient Practices series of books edited by Phyllis Tickle. Allender writes, “We live in a dark day, but it…

Our family took a little road trip to the Tri-cities yesterday. Erika and I both had things to do. Since our kids don’t naturally enjoy spending hours in the car, we added an incentive; a trip to the Lego store in St. Jacobs. Without complaint they endured the seventy-five minute drive, marched around the college…