When Sabbatical Reveals What You Built is Broken
A funny thing happens when you go away on a four-month Sabbatical. You experience a time of rest and spiritual renewal. God speaks to you in new and fresh ways. You learn, you grow, and you lean into new rhythms of following Jesus. And while you're gone, your church grows, hears from other preachers, hears God in new and fresh ways, and continues many of the rhythms you created in your role as pastor. Then we all get back together and sort through all that God has done during the time of the Sabbatical. And then BANG! That's when it happens. As the pastor, you notice something in the ministry that you REALLY, REALLY don't like. And then you kind of have to smile and laugh, because what you don't like is something that you passionately created and built into the life of the church years ago! Maybe that doesn't sound all that funny to you. It sure does to me. I was warned about this possibility during my Sabbatical preparation. I spoke with several pastors to learn fr...