Happy New Year! From an Ordinary Pastor

by | Jan 1, 2008 | Personal

What does an ordinary pastor do on New Year’s Day? Wake up later than normal (6:30 a.m.). Spend extra time playing with the kids. Pick some oranges from the tree with one of the girls so mom can make some fresh squeezed orange juice. Read the news headlines, a few more blog articles than normal, compose a future blog post – and not really care about any of it. Enjoy a good time of fellowship over breakfast with some church members. Take a nap. Read from Ronald Reagan’s diaries (I’m into September 1986 so far). Begin another year through the Bible. Enjoy playing with the kids some more. Have a quiet dinner with the wife while the kids play wildly in the family room. Help feed the kids and put them to bed. Compose a blog post. Think about what bowl games went on today and have no concern whatsoever. Enjoy some 2008 goals-conversation with the wife. Start a new book (Future Israel). Go to bed by 9:00 p.m. Wonderfully ordinary! Enjoyably so. Happy new...