I’m a work in progress, just as this community is.

I’m home for a few minutes between volunteering at school and picking up the daughter.  I decided to come home for 30 minutes to just be in my house.  I played a little candy crush, drank some water, and just sat.  It has been a really busy week.  I feel like I’m always on the go.  This is a little funny as I was worried what it would be like for me not to have office hours or a defined job.  Would I end up on the couch watching entire seasons of Gilmore Girls?  What I find is that I’m working more than ever.  I think it’s because I’ve changed how I define work.  My job now is to be present with and to love the people of my community.  I’m also able to give more of my time away knowing that a congregation won’t be seeing my time engaged with the community as frivolity.
I love this, the connection between my passion, my ministry and the tasks I do each day. The downside is that I need to learn some boundaries in this brave new world.  Now I need to work to ensure I do actually watch an episode of tv once in a while or take a morning off to just be.  That’s the best thing about this new faith community start, I’m learning lots of new and surprising things along the way!    Now off to get that girl and grab some ice cream before we melt from this ridiculous heat.
-Eilidh