***This is a series of posts based on writing I did on personal retreat in October 2009. Read earlier posts in the series here: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 |Part 5|Part 6|Part 7***
I have realized that in the midst of this busy life of Pastoring, which I love very much, I am neglecting the things that God used to prepare me to do what I do. The neglect of some of these things is actually ok – he uses certain things at certain times to prepare us and then we move on from those things.
Other things are not OK to neglect of stop doing. These fall into the category of spiritual disciplines. I used to write a lot more, and the writing I did was spiritual formation writing. I still write quite a bit, but now it is usually to create content for my blog, of for a position paper, or for a sermon. I used to write for hours – prayers, songs, questions, reflections on my own journey. This I haven’t done much of lately.
Another reason I’m here: a few weeks ago the ministers of my town gathered for a mini-retreat at a conservation area just outside of town. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this retreat and I almost declined the invitation, but it turned out to be very helpful. We sat together for times of teaching and sharing and reflection, and then go off individually to find a place to reflect. This was not a foreign practice for me, but it has been rare in the last year or so as life has gone from regular busy to new-job, new-church, new-town, new-house busy.
As I sat on one of the docks at Springwater (an ill-fitting name if there ever was one) with my Bible, pen and journal, I began to write…
(What I wrote there will be the content of the next post)
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