Big shake-up last night: our church is kaput.
Carey and I joined Ekklesia as soon as we arrived a year ago and it's been... well, a bumpy road, I guess. Distance was always an issue and, let's face it, a church plant is always very difficult. I don't think we ever managed to connect with everyone as well as we'd have liked, but those are the brakes. Anyhow, I went to the service last night (Carey was working, alas, so I went alone) and our pastor, Michael Bischof, dropped the big bomb: he'd taken a full-time job at a church in Fullerton and, well, that's it for Ekklesia.
So, in the end, I'm not altogether sure what we're going to do. We've been attending Seaside Community Church in Huntington Beach sporadically, so we may well stick with that. It's all sort of strange and I feel a little nervous. Seriously, where are we supposed to go?
In my wondering on the way home last night, I absent-mindedly banged into the median making a left turn, throwing my already out-of-whack car farther out of whack. So, all those repairs I've been putting off since the McDonalds's incident can no longer wait.
And, of course, we need to be moved out in two weeks and we still haven't signed our loan papers.
And, we've barely begun to pack.
And we'll be gone for a week starting Tuesday.
And I'm terribly behind on just about every deadline imaginable.
And Carey's schedule is a mess.
And things really couldn't get any more stressful, as every single major thing in my life is happening at the same time and there simply aren't enough hours in the day.
So, that's it. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to be seeing all the old friends and family back in Ohio/Pennsylvania for a week, but, to be honest, it couldn't have come at a worse time.
At least I've got my health, right?
*Cough*
...
It's been awhile, so I decided to fire out another script (it's not like I've got anything important going on, right?). Introducing a dapper young title by a Mssr. Jerry Liu, it's ASP Rules. Nothing too special, just some streamlined, efficient laffs. Diet Comedy, if you will. Go read.
Carey and I joined Ekklesia as soon as we arrived a year ago and it's been... well, a bumpy road, I guess. Distance was always an issue and, let's face it, a church plant is always very difficult. I don't think we ever managed to connect with everyone as well as we'd have liked, but those are the brakes. Anyhow, I went to the service last night (Carey was working, alas, so I went alone) and our pastor, Michael Bischof, dropped the big bomb: he'd taken a full-time job at a church in Fullerton and, well, that's it for Ekklesia.
So, in the end, I'm not altogether sure what we're going to do. We've been attending Seaside Community Church in Huntington Beach sporadically, so we may well stick with that. It's all sort of strange and I feel a little nervous. Seriously, where are we supposed to go?
In my wondering on the way home last night, I absent-mindedly banged into the median making a left turn, throwing my already out-of-whack car farther out of whack. So, all those repairs I've been putting off since the McDonalds's incident can no longer wait.
And, of course, we need to be moved out in two weeks and we still haven't signed our loan papers.
And, we've barely begun to pack.
And we'll be gone for a week starting Tuesday.
And I'm terribly behind on just about every deadline imaginable.
And Carey's schedule is a mess.
And things really couldn't get any more stressful, as every single major thing in my life is happening at the same time and there simply aren't enough hours in the day.
So, that's it. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to be seeing all the old friends and family back in Ohio/Pennsylvania for a week, but, to be honest, it couldn't have come at a worse time.
At least I've got my health, right?
*Cough*
...
It's been awhile, so I decided to fire out another script (it's not like I've got anything important going on, right?). Introducing a dapper young title by a Mssr. Jerry Liu, it's ASP Rules. Nothing too special, just some streamlined, efficient laffs. Diet Comedy, if you will. Go read.
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