Fish Out of Water

Today dear reader, I feel like I am a fish out of water...or maybe just one that has found itself in the wrong pond.

I am completely buried in what it means to be a program church...hundreds of registration forms and e-mails and questions, and last minute changes, and on and on.

And today? Today I miss my first call where I could just go and be pastor to the people. Where a typical day was when that I spent with people, walking through life with them for the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Maybe it is because I have spent all day in the office and have no end of work to do in site...or maybe it is because I have been here six months and still feel like I don't really know anyone well. Or maybe because I miss the chance to breathe and see God at work in the world...or maybe it is all of these.

But today, I am longing for my smaller pond...where there were fish I could swim with, a pace I could do, and a place where I felt like I was doing well.

How about it dear reader? What do you do when you feel like a fish out of water? How do you transition from the pond to the ocean?

Let me know!

Peace on the journey,
Preaching Kate

Still stretching...

A few months in, I still am stretching, reaching, trying to figure out why God called me here, and what He wants me to do in this place. As my call gets reconfigured once again, and more staff transitions, all I seek to do is follow His lead, and do His will.

But today? Today I am tired...and weary, and wishing that I could have a chance to get away from it all, be around friends who support and love me, and have my own cup renewed so that I could come back, ready to serve, and ready for fall.

So dear reader...how do you get away when things are taking off? How, when you are short staffed does everything get done that needs to while you walk away?

I know Jesus models for us the importance of getting away, but sometimes I wonder how He did it while everyone was clamoring for his attention.

Any ideas, dear reader? This preacher is up for some new advice!

Traveling Mercies,
Preaching Kate