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Weekends make so much more sense…how do you get through the week?

Posted on August 10, 2019 | Leave a comment

The past few weeks have been busy. Coming back from vacation, attending weddings and trying to play catch-up /get a head at work have kept me moving and ready for another vacation/extended weekend.

Ever feel like that?

In my life as a full time Pastor I could not understand why everyone looked forward to the weekends and hated Monday. Four and a half years into the “real world” and I think I get it. For many of us weekends are a chance for a different pace than Monday through Friday. Often I work on the weekends, but it is different.

On the weekends I am more intentional with my family. I am more intentional with a slower pace. I do many things that being me life. Even on a busy weekend, I seem to find more joy.

But my weekends fly by and before I know it here comes the dreaded Monday routine.

So what do I/we do? Is there away to find the same joy Monday through Friday?

I am trying to figure out and implement rhythms or routines that allow me to thrive. For me, daily I need time to read, journal, and be with God. This happens best for me in the mornings. The hard part is getting out of bed.

Weekly, I feel best if I can hit the gym. I have not done this consistently for years, but I know I need it. Late nights seem like they might work best as I have done this several times over the last few months.

Also, I am learning that I need to schedule spiritual conversations with people. Once a week I should be meeting with someone to talk about faith and life. These conversation bring me great joy and encourage me to keep at it. These conversations give me something to look forward to during the weekday stress.

I believe these rhythms will help me make it from one weekend to the next with a little more joy.

What do you do to get through the work week?

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And he said “Contemplating My Existence”

Posted on August 4, 2016 | Leave a comment

Last week I went from Jury Duty on Monday and Tuesday to restoration of a fire-damaged McDonalds on Wednesday. Pretty much since then it has been non-stop lets get this thing opened. In a week I have met some new people who I look forward to getting know more. In a week I have learned a lot about running a fast paced job for GCM.

But today, I was reminded how God is working. Sitting at a front counter waiting for some material I needed for my project, I apologized to the man next to me for taking so long. He said no worries, I’ve got time, I’m just sitting here contemplating my existence. My response “wow that is deep.” He said, “yeah I am sorry man.” I said “no problem, just got to be careful what you say out loud, I’m a Pastor and love those kind of conversations.”  He responded with “yeah I know where I am spending Eternity.”

After a bit of silence I said, “glad you got eternity figured out, for me the hardest part is walking the unknown day to day journey.” To which he replied, “yeah that seems to be the hardest part.”  This lead me to talking about why “sharing faith and life” with a community of faith believers is so important. I shared my thoughts on church and he was interested. He said, “I don’t like ‘traditional Churches’.”

The guy next to me then said “so you must not like mega/large churches.” I said, “I simply don’t think there is one model for everyone anymore. We need different types of churches for different stages/seasons of life people are in.” He said, “yeah I’m a pastor too, and I’m out here working like you. I’ve been doing bi-vocational ministry for 10 years. The church I’m a part of has around 100 people and everyone ministers to each other.”  We chatted and the “Contemplating my Existence” guy listened in and said “thanks for conversation”.

Seriously, two Pastors, who are living out their faith and life a bit different in the same store with a man who is Contemplating his Existence. God is working wherever our lives are stationed. He is drawing men and women unto Himself.

Lord help my eyes and ears be open to what you are doing. Help me to be like Christ to those I come in contact with. May the way I live, think, and act be used as seeds of hope and faith in the lives of those I come in contact with in the places I live, work, learn, and play!

 

 

 

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A job done right

Posted on February 27, 2015 | Leave a comment

I just got done spending my first week away from my family. Last Sunday night I left York Pennsylvania to head to hillside New Jersey. GCM, the company that I work for, has a Wendy’s project that we are working on.

I’ve had the privilege to be learning from one of our superintendents. I’m learning what it means to be a superintendent on a job site and what it looks like to project manage with a group of subcontractors.

As we began to demo the Wendys, that we are working on, I quickly learned the importance of doing a job right. Over the course of many years this Wendy’s has had many different changes. The contractors who went before us did not do their job completely. They took shortcuts and I’m sure their bids for low cost. The problem is the store was a mess. Our electricians could not believe how this store has been wired over the course of many years. It literally looked like a tangled mess.

I’m very proud of the sub contractors who GCM has working for them. As we tore apart this Wendy’s not one of them was happy with the quality of work that went before them. Each of them is determined to fix the issues of concern that have gone before them. Each of them wants to do the job right.

The unfortunate part for each of our subcontractors means that this will cost them it will cost them time effort and money to fix the mistakes and do the job right.

Doing the job right. Not taking shortcuts. This is teaching me a lot about life and the fact that there is a cost for doing it right there’s a cost to live right.

If you’re going to do something do it right and others will be thankful.

 

Day 6 exterior 2

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The Path is Changing

Posted on May 19, 2014 | Leave a comment

As I began planning my week I realized something. The path I used to travel has changed. For four years I drove from my South York home to West York. Now most of my time is spent South of York City. I simply don’t travel the same path.

The impact of this is pretty significant. For several years I stopped at a gas station/Subway to see my good friend Siddiqui. Over the years I have really gotten to know him and some of his coworkers. It seems like I have been distant for the past several months. The reality I don’t travel that path. Now I will have to figure out how to be more intentional with those relationships.

This is so important for me to understand because the Path I travel is changing. I recently got offered a part time position as a Hospice Chaplain and will be working out of an office just East of York City. Already I have begun to think about the relationships that I have built here in South York. Already I am beginning to get excited about the new relationships that will form on the new path I will travel.

The path is changing and that means I will have to be more intentional with relationships that I have formed. The path is changing and I am excited to see what awaits me around the next bend.

God is good and I believe He is guiding me as I step out in faith to embrace who He has called me to be. God is good and I am thankful for all that awaits me!

How is the Path that you walking?
Has it changed? Is it time for a change?
Are you being intentional with the path you are on and the old paths you used to walk?

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