Confessions of a Shiftless Mind

I suppose I am not the first person to try holding down a 40 hour a week job, finish a master’s at seminary part time, take an active role in the leadership of a church plant, and raise 3 (almost 4) kids, a dog and 2 cats.

But sometimes it feels like it.

For the moment though, I am feeling slightly euphoric. I knocked off a draft of my sermon last night, to be preached this Sunday. If you read this on my blog or on facebook, you are invited to attend if you live close enough to get to my church (Strawberry Hill Odeon in Surrey). I’d love to have some good friends heckling my first attempt to pass on a message to the people publicly.

It is hard to get too high though, as I have to get my second draft done for my grad essay proposal at seminary ASAP. It is probably 90% done, but as you might guess, there’s a lot of other things demanding my attention right now. On the bright side of that task, I have been contacting more people in the field of study I am working on and have received some valuable replies. I am still very hopeful that the subject is doable.

Oh, in case you were wondering, my subject area of exploration is “Issues in Church Planting in the Resort Community Context”. I want to find out what the major issues are in this type of community and how it differs from urban or suburban planting, or even rural or small town planting. I also want to survey current academic thought to come up with some fresh approaches to addressing these problems.