The first bump in the road

I've been struggling a little this week finding my way on the sabbatical.  I knew that I had sacrificed any prep for the sabbatical to make sure that I had gotten everything ready to hand off but figured I could just work my way through it.  Not so sure right now. So I'm putting sabbatical... Continue Reading →

Just some housekeeping

It suddenly dawned on me that since this is: A new blog a new blog that has invited a bunch of new visitors a new blog that will spend a LOT of time on a single subject for the next two months some folks might get the wrong idea about it.  This is NOT a... Continue Reading →

Reflections on the topic

I promised a couple days ago that I would do a little more reflecting on the topic of my sabbatical.  So let's dive in. The topic breaks down into three basic pieces for me: Personal Piety Episcopal Context 21st Century So each one: Personal Piety - I actually fiddled with the words for this part... Continue Reading →

First lesson

Learned something right off the bat this morning.  I'm going to do the Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families as a starting place for some personal prayer.  My hope is that I'll be able to all four very short devotions each day.  That'll take some discipline right off the bat. And I ran into a... Continue Reading →

The Project at hand

A large portion of my sabbatical is going to be dedicated to a study project.  It's not intended, at least by me, to be anything grand or academic.  More the chance for me to dig into something that interests me, has a tangential relationship to my ministry and will help me on the journey that... Continue Reading →

A Deep Breath…

and then the plunge.  So the sabbatical has begun.  My first feeling was being adrift.  I spent so much of the last two weeks working at getting all of my stuff ready to hand over to the wonderful people who are making this possible that I had no time to do any real preparation for... Continue Reading →

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