tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21409428.post2366537240532600635..comments2023-05-05T04:27:35.461-06:00Comments on upward, onward: my utmost apologiesTroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122749363141779076noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21409428.post-42565836271357994312007-04-25T12:55:00.000-06:002007-04-25T12:55:00.000-06:00you're neglecting your blog again troy.. Gets ta w...you're neglecting your blog again troy.. Gets ta workin! ! !Shlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403009675441987123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21409428.post-53962032413717494362007-03-28T20:14:00.000-06:002007-03-28T20:14:00.000-06:00Hmm. I'm not so sure habits are necessarily true i...Hmm. I'm not so sure habits are necessarily true indicators of what is most important. I have a habit of picking my nose, but it's not important to me. Fran is important to me, and yet it is far too easy to neglect her beyond routine (or even "habitual") relationship. I wonder if the opposite could be true then: that which you care most about you will need to work the hardest for.<BR/>I get you about the mentoring thing. Bob (my Sr. Pastor) is a great mentor, but in a lot of ways we are still just getting to know each other and the relationship has not gotten as strong as I would like yet.I suppose mentoring others would be a good idea too since the mentor often grows even more than the disciple.<BR/>Something I still haven't figured out (or, perhaps just haven't remembered to ask Bob) is how to be a pastor at church and in the community and a husband/father/regular-guy at home. Most jobs I've had--no matter what the stress level--when you clock out and go home you leave it all at work. The problem with being a pastor is that you can't get away from God. I know that sounds dumb, but the point is when part of your job description includes scripture study, prayer, spiritual development, etc, and yet those things cannot be isolated or they will die, how do you separate church and "state" in your own life? Realistically, you can't have a spiritual life in only one part of life or it WILL die. At the same time, you'll burn out all the faster if there is no difference between work and home. Let me know if you figure this out, eh?Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12535926709647868297noreply@blogger.com