Best Wedding Processional Ever

Many of you have probably already seen it, but a friend showed me this video today and I couldn’t stop smiling while watching it!

A Step Back

Hello again. I know, I haven’t written in a while. It wasn’t intentional. In case you didn’t know, for the past 2 1/2 months I have been taking a sabbatical from my leadership responsibilities at church. That may not be a big deal to some people, but seeing as how I moved to Columbia to help start and pastor the church, it is a really big deal for me. I didn’t really intend to take a break from writing as well, it just kinda happened.

There were many reasons for taking a break from my weekly roles at Midtown. First, simply to rest from doing “ministry stuff.” I have been heavily involved in organized ministry for over 15 years with no break in the action other than an occasional vacation. Second, to focus on my financial situation. In light of the current housing market, my home inspection business has not been doing well and I needed to spend some time and energy on making the business work and/or finding other sources of income. Finally, and most importantly, I needed to be able to step back and evaluate some things in my life. To hopefully get a good perspective on the whole forest and not just the individual trees. To seek God with as few other distractions in the way as possible.

It has been an interesting experience so far. In some ways refreshing. In some ways enlightening. In some, depressing. God is stretching me in ways that I didn’t think I could (and definitely never wanted to) stretch. Like physical stretching before physical activities, it is not much fun. But I know that it is doing me good in the long run. And I am learning, ever so slowly, to trust God with the process rather than trying to control it myself. In some upcoming posts I hope to be able to formulate some thoughts on the things he has been teaching me over these past few months.