We’re Moving - Again!
Next week, we’re moving - again. No one is more surprised than I am. But let’s go back a few years. That’s really where this story begins. Chelsea and I would have conversations about where we saw ourselves in the future. As I thought about it, there was one position that caught my attention: that of conference ministerial director. Here’s why it interested me. The ministerial director is often called the “pastor to the pastors”, and Chelsea and I both have a passion for supporting other pastors and their spouses. But the role also is deeply involved with, among other things, pastoral transitions, equipping and preparing new pastors for ordination, on-going training and enrichment of all conference pastors, and speaking in different churches throughout the conference. All of these are things that I was either passionate about or felt that God had uniquely gifted me for. Fast forward now a couple of years and I get a text from the conference president of the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference letting me know that I am on a list of potential candidates for the role of ministerial director. My initial reaction was shock, followed quickly by wonder and excitement. I felt like everything in my life had led up to this moment - the years of pastoral ministry, my graduate degree in church leadership and management, my passion for training, equipping, and preaching, and even my pilot’s license and owning an airplane. So when, sometime later, I get the official call, I really have no choice but to say yes. And so, next week, we’re moving again - and no one is more surprised than I am.
An oft used promise found in the scriptures tells us: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11). I know that each one of you has passions and desires that God has placed in your heart. What is He preparing you for? And will you be ready to say yes when He opens that door? Keep an eye open - in my experience, He opens the door at a time when you least expect it.
