Hello! I'm still alive, just differently. I've just emerged from my two weeks of doing absolutely nothing, and life is good.
What did I do throughout my two weeks? Well, not much, to be honest. I probably spoiled myself by not waking up until noon pretty much everyday. I wish I was able to say that I did something exciting, but I basically woke up each day, sat around doing a bunch of random things until it was time to watch hockey or play some games. Completely avoiding the job searching was difficult though, because pretty much everyone I reconnect with has asked me about "what next?" Many of the folks here asked me to come back to pastor at NEAC, and I am thankful that they respect my desire to go elsewhere for my first job, having open arms for me if I ever wanted to come back.
Where will that elsewhere be, you ask? That's a great question! I know where I want to go, as I've mentioned multiple times, but I'll have to see what situations arise. I've been contacted by a bigger church in Saskatoon about a worship pastor position, so I'm currently in conversation with their lead pastor. From what I'm able to grasp right now, I think I will probably have to choose between doing worship or youth, at least to start. If it were up to me, I feel strangely that I somewhat lean more towards youth. It may be because I don't really feel qualified to be a worship pastor. I've been starting to move away from worship pastor because, at this point in time, my style of leadership wouldn't suit an environment that doesn't prefer a more relaxed, laid back, and open ended worship. Music is so strange that there are so many demands of rules and structure, and yet at the same time, some of the greatest musicians break a lot of these rules. I'm more of the person that breaks the rules, which would drive some others crazy. And because I so heavily emphasize discipleship, I want to be able to look at the broader context rather and a specific ministry. I love to lead worship for fun, but in the days where I see it merely as a job will scare me.
So there's that...
I watched The Amazing Spiderman 2 and Captain America 2 in the theatres over the last week, and I must say that they were both good. Some people ripped Spiderman to pieces, but I didn't mind it at all. Those people that harp so much on the movie are just anal - we'll leave it at that. So many people see themselves as such "experts" that they can't even go enjoy a movie in the theatres with friends/family: the very reason why a lot of us go watch movies to begin with.
I'm also leading worship for a revival meeting this upcoming Saturday at church. I haven't lead worship with a full band in almost two years, so practice tonight felt new to me; thanks to the incredible competence of my friends' musical abilities, I didn't have much trouble picking up my worship leading.
Finally, I am infinitely glad that Spring has arrived for good! Going outside with the sun and warm weather just makes my heart so happy. Haha.
