First, let me apologize for the long (an unannounced absence). I sure that most of you will understand that the moving process can take quite awhile. We are still in the period of transition- waiting for our old house to sale, looking for a new one, and crashing at a friend’s place for the time being.
The change has been good. While I certainly missing people from my old community, I certain do not miss the stress that was placed upon me and my family. To be fair, all jobs have their stressful times, but one of the hard parts about working as a minister is the fact that it so quickly involves your family. One of the benefits of my new job is that due to confidentially I cannot go home and talk to my wife about the details of my day. Work stays at work and when I get home and I know that I can relax.
There has also been the adjustment of moving from Baton Rouge (pop. around 500,000) to Searcy (pop. less than 25,000). In Baton Rouge Target was 5 minutes from the house, now it’s an hour drive! The trade-off is that the other day we were looking at houses and saw 5 deer in some one’s front yard.
Hopefully I will begin to post more regularly again. I certainly missed reading all of the blogs that I have linked to here, as well as writing my own. If you want to see the site for my new employer you can go to www.capstonetreatmentcenter.com. Maybe next week I will take some time to share about Capstone, as well as other thoughts that have been stored up in my mind over the last 2 months!
Leaving is hard. Starting new things can be hard. Having the desire for a fresh start is not hard.
All three of these statements describe where I am at at this point in my life. I am in the process of leaving my job of three years as an associate minister to become the Records Coordinator at a treatment center for teens. Leaving will be hard.
At the first of the new year I will be beginning a new job. I already know that I have my work cut out for me at my new position. There is no question that this job will be challenging for me. Doing something new can be hard.
I have the opportunity to make a fresh start in a familiar place. There is something exciting about being somewhere new.
These things are not just true about my new job, they are also true about this blog. My previous blog, chaotic ministry, focused on my hectic life as an associate minister. Since I am moving on from that position I felt it was necessary to change the blog.
If you were a reader of chaotic ministry, then I think you will find that much of the content here will be very similar. Let me take some time at the start to explain the name: a flyleaf is the dedication page of a book. A montage is a collection. Therefore this site is dedication to the myriad of things that have influenced my faith. I hope that the things that I share here will be encouraging to you all, especially as you seek to strengthen your faith in Christ.
