Yeah, well, it’s been almost two weeks since I’ve pecked anything here. Does that mean all my energy from the Lenten sacrifice is gone? Not really. I’ve just been busy doing and not busy writing, that’s all.

It’s the little things in life that get in the way of the bigger things. School is a constant worry source, though it’s not giving me much value at this point. I’m learning a lot about managing other people, which is something that a lot of pastors don’t get in seminary. I had that conversation with our senior pastor’s wife, Margaret, about a month or so ago. She asked me if I had taken any management classes. I told her about the fun of my senior design class: working with five non-native English speakers in a team of eleven is a bit challenging.

There’s a reason for me going to engineering school before the rest of my vocational training. One of these days, I might figure it out. Most days, I figure it’s because I needed to realize that I absolutely abhor working as a technical engineering-type day-in, day-out. I’m a manager, a synthesizer, a big picture person. Days like these, I ask, “What the hell was I thinking?”