Scott’s Thoughts: Ahhhhh...

Ahhhhh...

>> Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Here's what my computer desktop looks like this week:

One guess what I'm thinking about! Tomorrow my Dad arrives for a visit (yay!), and then on Sunday we're all taking off for Florida. We'll board a big Disney ship and sail away. And there will be two full days of sitting on the beach, staring at bright blue waters, sipping something from a coconut with a little umbrella, and just recharging my body, mind, and soul.

Ahhhh... I can hardly wait. I'm actually starting to count down the hours...

2 comments:

Unknown May 14, 2008 at 8:47 PM: Looks like a little bit of heaven! I hope it is as relaxing and refreshing as it sounds to be ~ you deserve it. You have given so much of yourself to so many of us at Hope, and to many others, I am certain. May you be blessed ~
Eric May 19, 2008 at 6:25 PM: Hey scott...eric biehl here. I'm living in Nebraska serving the UM church in missional ministry. Wow...from AZ to Virginia. It's amazing what God does in our lives. Don't know if you remember me or not. Just think...the church at litchfield park and a strange little church named LifeLink...fun times, burned out, new life always in Christ. Email me we'll chat. Hope all is well with you. e.biehl@hotmail.com
currently serving a church in Sutton NE, near GI

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"Real theological thinking, which is thinking with the mind of Christ, is hard to find in the practice of ministry. Without solid theological reflection, future leaders will be little more than pseudo-psychologists, pseudo-sociologists, pseudo-social workers. They will think of themselves as enablers, facilitators, role models, father or mother figures, big brothers or big sisters, and so on, and thus join the countless men and women who make a living by trying to help their fellow human beings to cope with the stresses and strains of everyday living.

"But that has little to do with Christian leadership because the Christian leader thinks, speaks, and acts in the name of Jesus, who came to free humanity from the power of death and open the way to eternal life. To be such a leader it is essential to be able to discern from moment to moment how God acts in human history and how personal, communal, national, and international events that occur during our lives can make us more and more sensitive to the ways in which we are led to the cross and through the cross to the resurrection."

(Henri J. M. Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership (New York: Crossroad, 1998) pp. 65-67

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