Sabbatical Reflections, part one
I’m back! My sabbatical over the past three months was an amazing time and I am grateful for the opportunity. I had two very broad goals for my time away. The first included rest time that was primarily meant to process the first half of my professional career. I didn’t realize how long it would take to do that. What I learned is that while being a pastor is an incredible calling and you have opportunity to walk with people through the best and worst of things, it also means that processing those experiences can be challenging. I may not have fully processed everything, but I’m on my way. Professionally, my original goal was to explore the concepts of Anchor Church, an approach to ministry that I’ve been immersed in for the last two years. And while I did some of that work, I found it more beneficial for me to be at these churches who are involved in Anchor, but mostly so that I can see their staffing structures, ...