As some of you may recall, I made an executive decision at CCW. It was my first. Very exciting, very heady stuff! The office will be closed on Fridays in August. So far this has been good for the church, I think. I, sadly, have not been able to figure out how to not have to work on Friday. I am home now and am working at the dining room table. The home office is not yet unpacked. I have a sermon to write and many e-mails to answer. Oy, rest is an elusive thing. I find that golf is a great thing...thus yesterdays game...but I need to be more intentional.
That being said, I would encourage you all to go to this post at the RevGalBlogPals. It is about rest and transitions. They have a feature where you can mail in questions to the "Matriarchs." I did last week and they used my question. I wanted to know the following:
I am in my very first senior pastor position. And, amazingly, this is the very first time that I have climbed up a rung in the career of my choice in quite some time. So, now I am somewhat sleepless trying to manage all the new responsibilities.The responses they have are lovely. Several people chimed in. I encourage you to check it out. Now all I need to do is figure out how to incorporate it into my daily life. That is the trick for me. If I can ritualize a thing, I am golden.What day-to-day practices can you suggest to keep the transitional insanity to a minimum? What practical and spiritual disciplines have assisted you in such a transition?
How about you?
Posted by tripp at August 11, 2006 09:44 AMI'm the same way...once I get something worked into my routine, it's generally there to stay for a long time. My problem is finding the motivation to change the routine.
Posted by: Kate at August 11, 2006 11:21 AMLooking at it from the other side of the question, then:
What is the obstacle to incorporating it (rest, walking, prayer, whatever "it" may be) into your daily life? This in the spirit of "name a thing and you gain power over it" -- name the obstacle and you gain power to overcome it.
Posted by: Megan at August 11, 2006 01:30 PM