Sabbatical begins
Beginning this blog has encountered many roadblocks for me......mostly from a psychological place where I just wasn't ready to begin. And when I was in was unable to get my Bluetooth keyboard to connect . So...c'est la vie. Here we go My first post then is a reflection on the gift that sabbatical time is. There are few professions that have such opportunities and I want you to know that I do see it as a gift. Being off in this way allows me to evaluate what I do each day as to its value, efficiency, efficacy and contribution to the larger mission of what it means to do and be church. It's a time to step back, regroup somewhere of the extra expenses energy and reinvest in my own body, mind and soul. Thus the reason to begin with this trip to Thailand. To be alone in a strange place, with a language I don't speak or understand is a disorienting thing for me. It both excites me and scares me . It forces me to be in survival mode at times, to be vulnerable and rely on the ...