Rural Church Pastors’ Network.
Today is another chance to get together with other rural church pastors. We’ll meet in Rosetown and talk about the perennial problem of conflict. We’ll also eat a meal together and enjoy a bit of banter over the foibles of being a rural church pastor.
There is something about these gatherings that is both attractive and distractive. When you get to the gathering, you realize how much interaction is helpful in balancing your own life. Things that seem big become smaller. Problems that had no solution can be compared to other’s approaches.
Meanwhile, in the business of life, another meeting distracts from already ongoing projects. Just as painting a room all in one day, or having the alternative of stretching it over a few days – I would choose one day. Some Pastors will not be able to attend today because of those projects which need attention and are best achieved in a continuous manner.
Well, off to Rosetown – on a highway down a rural corridor of fields and cattle. Oh, and then there is the occasional town as well!!