thought I'd better write something...

I've been pretty appauling at writing anything on this blog recently, which is strange. I enjoy doing it, I find it helpful to my thought processes, I should do it more - or find a better way of getting stuff out of my head.

things become clearer when you 'talk' it through.

anyway - its been a good couple of weeks. It only took just over a week of work to clock up 9 hours overtime and just over a week and a half to feel exhausted. I need to get a better grip on time. even if it puts others out. sometimes. I keep finding out the hard way that I can only run on adrenaline for so long...

hard lessons.

Yesturday was fairly cool, but tough. I headed along to a small communities day conference/conversation thing. about 10 folks came together, organised by the most excellent Chris Neal of CMS, who's the director of mission and community there. Mostly good, the end we digressed and too'd and fro'd between stuff that wasn't too on topic and I ended up feeling dazed for the rest of the day. when you don't know people that well but are all being open about your own journeys etc, language and understanding can easily be mis-interpreted, even if you find out at the end you're on common ground...A friend of mine reflected on the day and said that the answer to such things is to not go to such gatherings...heh.

brilliant quotes though...here's a couple from the beginning of the day:

'around 50 billion people have walked the face of the earth during its history, but only 5000 have made a lasting, significant and life/culture changing difference.'

and, from the highly esteemed Dietrich Bonhoeffer...

'the man who love his dream of community, will destroy community. But the man who loves those around him, will create community'...

really good stuff.

Pastors breakfast today - all good. always a blessed time. things are moving on for the Hope mission week in July. me and andy cooked for re:Fresh and we enjoyed an excellent meal time for the youth leaders on monday - real good progress there. things are looking up.

i think living each day as it comes is a major priority at the moment. to see God working (as he always is) in the expected and the unexpected, in the mundane and in the extraordinary, in the ways that I'd like him to, and in the ways I'd not like him to. He never slumbers nor sleeps, whilst I often slumber, and though awake physically, can often be asleep spiritual. It's time to wake up and start living!