I left my position at the General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church at the end of 2012. It was not my choice (budget cuts), but it was one of the best things to happen to me in a while. Without the commute to DC, I am able to slow down.
Part of "slowing down", for me, means taking time each day for more prayer and reflection.
One of the things I realized is that sometimes I talk more than I act. Sometimes I have great ideas in my mind, and I talk about them like they're already reality, but I lack the self discipline to actually make them happen, at least not to the extent I envision in my mind. (Just ask my husband - he's been calling me out on this for years.)
So I am instituting some steps to hold myself more accountable - and asking others to keep me accountable - to living out my calling.. Among those steps is a challenge to myself to blog more. For the next several weeks (hopefully for all of Lent at least), I will try to post something each day about how I am living out my calling for social justice, for being in ministry with my community, for speaking truth to power, for being a servant leader, for following The Way.
What do you say folks, will you check back later today, and tomorrow, and the next day? See if I'm holding up to my challenge. And if I'm not, call me out on it. I need all the help I can get.
Part of "slowing down", for me, means taking time each day for more prayer and reflection.
One of the things I realized is that sometimes I talk more than I act. Sometimes I have great ideas in my mind, and I talk about them like they're already reality, but I lack the self discipline to actually make them happen, at least not to the extent I envision in my mind. (Just ask my husband - he's been calling me out on this for years.)
So I am instituting some steps to hold myself more accountable - and asking others to keep me accountable - to living out my calling.. Among those steps is a challenge to myself to blog more. For the next several weeks (hopefully for all of Lent at least), I will try to post something each day about how I am living out my calling for social justice, for being in ministry with my community, for speaking truth to power, for being a servant leader, for following The Way.
What do you say folks, will you check back later today, and tomorrow, and the next day? See if I'm holding up to my challenge. And if I'm not, call me out on it. I need all the help I can get.
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