the drought

I have two thoughts for this post, both related to a drought. And both droughts I see ending soon.

The spiritual drought
Apparently fasting hasn’t been just on my eyes as the sermon this morning was all about fasting. I had planned on fasting on Monday’s beginning tomorrow, but instead I will accept the fasting challenge from the message and makes Tuesday nights to Wednesday evenings my time to fast as a community. I couldn’t echo more the sentiments of this mornings sermon… if we expect God to do radical things in Romeo, we must worship God in a radical way. (Ala a famous Billy Graham stump sermon from the 60s.)

The pastoral drought
Just a couple of hours ago the church body learned that the search committee is recommending someone as the next senior pastor at the church. (This isn’t a surprise to me at all) In 2 hours the deacons, trustees, and myself will meet with this person to officially begin his candidacy. I know the man well, and while I can’t say who it is just yet, I have little reservations about him being my pastor, friend, or boss. I do have a couple of major concerns that I will be broaching with the appropriate people. There is no way to do this in the group we have meeting tonight… But I will be playing along and helping to guide the conversation the best that I can. Isn’t church polity fun?