Ok, so this is a restart of my blog that has been dormant for way too long.....
i was thinking about preaching this morning (after all that's what I do). i began to look back on last years preaching schedule when i realized that i only took ONE vacation sunday last year....ONE!?
to be sure, i had 3 other sunday's "off" but they were due to my traveling for 1) a youth retreat, 2) my annual denominational meeting, and 3) to invite a colleague to "rock the mic" for a particular message in a series i was doing.
as a pastor in the united methodist church, i am entitled to four weeks vacation per year (which includes 4 sundays away from the pulpit). i began to wonder what affect it has on my ability to communicate the central truths of the scriptures if i do not, from time to time, pull back and allow someone else to take the reigns.
as i look forward into 2014, you can bet that i plan to do a better job in this area of what we call in the biz, "self-care." after all, am i my own messiah? no, thankfully, i'm not!
in faith, hope, & love,
E
remember reading 24/6? You need to practice it!
I love you!
Posted by: Judy B :) | February 13, 2014 at 02:39 PM
Well, I similarly took only one Saturday off from the Post Office last year. I'd be happy to help you play hooky on some Sunday. Maybe we could take in a ballgame, which is another area I neglected last summer. Although I didn't make it to Comerica, I did get to Cooperstown.
Posted by: Shannon Gordon | February 13, 2014 at 12:31 PM