If you read Thursday's post, you will have seen it was a collection of incomplete notes. I imagined that each one might have been a larger reflection, but didn't take the time to develop the ideas. To me "busy" means making choices about what to do with my time.
What were some of the things in the past week that supplanted the time I might have spent blogging?
- Friday night dinner with my in-laws, followed by the organ recital at church
- the service for Dr. Joe Nyitray on Sunday
- a day-long retreat at Holmes with the Presbytery's conflict response team
- Personnel subcommittee updating our policy manual
- Congregational Change committee of Presbytery meeting in Peekskill
- meeting with family preparing for baptism
- getting ready for this Friday's Trunk 'n' Treat Family Fun event
Some ministers give the impression that their lives are out of control: (They are so scattered in their attention--always running on to the next appointment and never able to stay for an entire event or meeting.) Some ministers maintain an aura of mystery about their calendars: (Rarely in the office and hardly returning phone calls, they are always somewhere else.) When people speaking to me start sentences with the phrase, "I know how busy you are..." I consider it a call to self-examination.
I remember a weekend many years ago sponsored by a Presbyterian camp that featured folksinger-songwriter Fred Small (he's since become a UU minister) and about five of us who overcame the reluctance to see ourselves as potential songwriters. Fred shared a song entitled "I Have All the Time in the World." It says everything I'm aiming at here. Check it out: http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/alltheti.htm
--Jack Lohr, Interim Pastor
PS: I know Saturday's my day off, but I wrote 95% of this note yesterday. See you Sunday!
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