tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037879128281967858.post7548830882349754251..comments2023-03-25T08:46:07.069-07:00Comments on Runaway Pastor: A bad day earlier this decadedavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05727663487337030803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037879128281967858.post-91797754215649877712008-09-20T13:21:00.000-07:002008-09-20T13:21:00.000-07:00I think I'm discovering that recovery is much more...I think I'm discovering that recovery is much more a journey and a process, perhaps unending (in this life, at least). One of the things I think about, though, is what makes me, and being a pastor, that much different than what most of my people are experiencing? Are my pressures and stresses all that much different than many or even most of what others are feeling. Why then, am I falling apart, and they are not (or at least don't seem to be.) Is pastoral ministry that much worse? Or is there something that we, or our way of understanding our job (calling) that causes this. I can't help but wonder that if our laymen know how bad we feel, their response would be more along, "what about their life makes it any harder than mine?" <BR/> PCR52Philip Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177154287252859302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037879128281967858.post-25639370103979692712008-09-19T03:33:00.000-07:002008-09-19T03:33:00.000-07:00My journaling has often been a bit "obtuse." When...My journaling has often been a bit "obtuse." When I wrote A MOVE INLAND, I was comparing the mysteries of God to the mysteries of the sea/ocean. I was thinking of how when I was younger, I was so passionate about jumping into the wonders of the "sea"--and yet realizing I'd only be able to experience the shallow edges of GOD'S mystery. <BR/><BR/>The move inland symbolized the seeming lack of desire of many church people to experience mystery. The "cruise ship" symbolized for me the beautiful church buildings; the "pilgrim songs" and "pirate tunes" were an allusion to worship style wars. And the "muddy farm pond," of course, the ugly idols we gleefully pursue in the name of religion.<BR/><BR/>I thought I'd just offer this key to that blog, in hopes of making it a bit less cryptic. I am not a cynic, but the hyperbole of the blog was a great release for my disappointment. <BR/>daviddavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727663487337030803noreply@blogger.com