back from the mundane!

Wow! I've been back, rocketing through past posts and reading what amounts to be an interesting, albeit very incomplete, diary of my past four and a half years in youth ministry. There are some good posts on this blog! Annnnddd... some not so good ones. Such is life.

The past few days have been filled with a lot of nostalgia. I've been reading past conversations with friends, remembering good times in college and high school, and really, overall, filled with pangs of sadness as I've thought about past relationships and moments.

As I've reflected on all this, I've been overcome by the reality that I've gotten away significantly from the pursuit of the mind. In the past, I took a lot of time to read good blogs, study good books, practice solid exegesis and just generally develop, deepen and grow. But the past few months have left me, honestly, just vegging in front of the TV or internet. I'm just wiped and fried! Trying to be a good husband, youth pastor, father and person is exhausting! Whew!

But I need to find relaxation less in vain and worthless TV (although Doctor Who and Eureka are certainly FUN) and more in the passionate pursuit of Christ. I need to be energized not by a lack of movement, but rather by deliberate movement TOWARD Jesus. I need the gospel to be my life and breath and heartbeat.

And I honestly think this blog plays in to that! So I hope I'll be writing in here a little more often - sharing my thoughts, prayers, focuses and passions.

God is good. Thanks for praying for me.