Friday, November 30, 2007
Signal Fire
HT to Bob Hyatt for this one. Don't know how I could've missed it.
Last night I woke up just thinking about stuff. My mind races whenever things get still, so middle-of-the-night thinking equals insomnia. I'm speaking this weekend on one of my favorite Christmas stories that has nothing to do with Jesus' birth. I'll probably post the manuscript when I'm done. I'm taking a narrative approach, which I've never done before, so it could go either way. But I am excited about it.
But most of my thoughts went to church planting, and pastoring in general. I'm in constant evaluation mode, and that makes me miss some of the real value that's being brought in our community. I'm thinking, "How could I have done that better?" or "Is this working?" or "Am I making the most of every opportunity?"
So, I just prayed last night for God to do stuff, because, no matter what I do, I can't make it happen.
Yeah, this post is boring and going nowhere. It's like Alexander Pope said:
"While pensive poets painful vigils keep, / Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep."
So go take a nap for me.
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I'm in constant evaluation mode, and that makes me miss some of the real value that's being brought in our community. I'm thinking, "How could I have done that better?" or "Is this working?" or "Am I making the most of every opportunity?"
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