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Long time no see (march '13)
My wife and I had a baby. He is Henry Jay Turner. We are doing great so far, just the three of us. Let's not forget Gus, our dog. He's handling it well. I had not seriously considered that I was ready to care for a child. In fact, I thought that I was not ready. I think I can do this, however.
I have matured in my outlook on church and ministry. I ( Read more... ) -
Summer 2012
Really wanting to be done in church. I was only supposed to be there as a short term helper apprentice type. Been there 2 years now. Now wife is too many roles for them to let go. Not pleased with that. I am uncomfortable there now. I've always had one foot out the door. One month. I'm gone. Wife too. I'm not in a good spot now. I don't care about ( Read more... ) -
Filler
Yes, I still use this. I dont really want to, but I said I would ( Read more... ) -
Starting over
I have moved back to my hometown. The place that has many joys to help me back up and also the place that reminds me of the pains I went through. I have enrolled in Christian ministry education again. And I have committed to being a plankton at the bottom of a big church food chain. Mostly to learn the things that I should have learned before going ( Read more... ) -
Uprooting the roots of bitterness
I am so bitter as a result of traumatic ministry experiences I have had in the last two and a half years. I never really responded to the events officially to the offending parties. I remained quiet about it because I believed that it was the passive and least damage causing course of action. While it may have been passive and minimized ( Read more... ) -
Recycling myself
I have started to think on the last five years of my life as one completed cycle, it is difficult to exact into words really. I feel as if the last half decade has culminated in a crisis of faith, to which the only answer is the sacrificing of everything I have counted gain or wisdom. I think that by putting it all to death and having a funeral for ( Read more... ) -
The great thing about freedom
God has allowed me to pursue Him. I cannot relate to you how important this is to the authenticity of the relationship between Him and myself. True love has always presupposed a choice in the matter, making choice and love inseperable. It is on rare occasion that I am mindful of my continued freedom to choose as much of Him as I desire. But when I ( Read more... )