Starting Out

It has been nice to move away from Starbucks and begin to establish a schedule once again. One of the great blessings of this call is that part of my calling is to begin each "work" day in prayer and devotion. I have been slowly making my way through Romans, part of an accountability plan with a friend, and praying through our directory. While I am slow to learn names, I can feel myself growing ever fonder for the people here as I embrace them in my spirit...What I don't quite understand is that even though I find great joy starting each day in the office this way, still I struggle to find the prayer and devotion as part of the start of my day when I don't come into the office. I suppose those prayers by the bishop didn't totally change me. I guess the rumor is true, I am still human filled with an old Adam. So the battle continues.

My Reminder

We didn't have confirmation tonight, but one of the confirmation small groups hosted a lasagna dinner. It turned out to be a fun reminder of why I am blessed to be a part of youth ministry. They had the dinner to raise money to buy a family gifts, etc. for Christmas. They're sponsoring a family this year so they can have a nice Christmas. Pretty impressive for 15 year old women. Not only is that a cool thing, but I got to spend a little time with most of them and they are just really great people. The only slight downside is that I learned that even though I may have added "Pastor" to my title, I am still clearly fair game for plenty of teasing....it's kind of fun.