Demands on a "Pastor"

People are comfortable asking you some of the strangest things when you are a "pastor."

Today, I was having coffee with someone and they began asking me if some of the things they thought might be true about some misconceptions of prayer were accurate.

The conversation progressed and they actually said, "If you were to be used by God and the Holy Spirit as His voice to clearly tell me something about prayer right now, what would it be?"

These are the kinds of interesting conversations you get to have with people at coffee shops when you are a young adults pastor.

This meeting was not set up to be about prayer, or counseling, or really, anything more than social, but ended with this line of questioning.

Fun times, I truly love my job.

Endings are Important

At the recommendation of Mrs. B. I read "Peace Like a River" by Leif Enger over the last few days.

If this book had been 299 pages, I would have given it a very high rating, thinking the only thing that need be adjusted in it is the age of one of the characters.

The story is well written and the characters well described and built, except that one isn't believable based solely on their age. Had the 9 year old been 17, the book would be excellent...at least for 299 pages.

The book happens to be 311 pages though, and the last 12 were easily my least favorite. The ending seemed abrupt and to not fit with the general pace and progression of the story. Unfortunate for the masterpiece that could have been.

I still enjoyed the story, and liked the book overall, but it could have been so much better if the ending were as well crafted as the rest of the story.

Don't know when I'll read my next novel, as I've got a bunch of books for work still lined up, but it was a nice break.

The Silly Flu

With how many people I know and have been around that ended up getting or had the flu, I'm surprised that I haven't come down with it this year.

I've always had pretty fortunate luck with my immune system, but maybe that just balances out the physical injuries i've piled up over the days in place of the internal ones.

Here is to hoping that I make it through the rest of the flu season without it.

1 Week

Jenny and I just finished the dvds for season 7 of "24." Though i've watched all of them without commercials, when you add in the special features and the season I watched most of for a second time, I believe I have spent a week of my life watching 24.

I have had seasons take a couple of months to finish, all the way down to a marathon session of watching an entire season back to back in 1 day.

It has been a fruitless week of my life, but most of the time enjoyable.

Now on to reading the novel recommended first "Peace Like a River" which I am about a third of the way through.

1 Down

Only the most important fantasy football game is over. It was a victory.

The other 2 are still being contested, one that I should win, and one that will be too close to call right now.

Here is to hoping I can go 3-0 with my teams this week.

Now, back to watching the U2 concert being streamed live on youtube.