As we approach the end of 2024, I’m excited to share some of the highlights from the second half of this eventful year. Despite intentionally stepping back from writing during the latter half of the year, there have been several joyous occasions and significant changes in our family’s life that I’d like to celebrate with you.
A couple of weeks ago we celebrated my 54th trip around the sun and it has been every bit as eventful as all the others. I shared some thoughts on social media and thought Iโd expand on those a bit and share them here since Iโve been intentionally quiet here on my site in recent months. Thatโs not to say there hasnโt been a lot going oneโฆLord knows there certainly has! Through everything, God has blessed my family and I in ways great and small.
A few days ago I shared across my social media accounts that I have concluded my role as Executive Pastor at Flat Creek Baptist Church. It was not an easy decision, but one we believe aligns with Godโs will for our lives and the church.
This year has passed by faster than any I can remember! So much has taken place in our lives and change is in the air as we transition to a new season of ministry beginning in 2023.
Since announcing we were entering a time of transition, our family has received hundreds and hundreds of phone calls (yepโฆ still a thing!), emails, text messages, and encouraging words across a variety of social media platforms, all wishing us well.
Iโve started to write this and stoppedโฆand started again and stoppedโฆoh, letโs just say more times than I want to admit. I knew the first year would be challenging, but I had nothing to compare it to and, if Iโm being honest, didnโt really know how to ask someone else about it. You know, how do ask someone, โtell me how you dealt with that first year after one of your parents died?โ
Goodness gracious! Like so many people literally around the world, I thought 2020 lingered far longer than was welcome. This…
A lot has happened in my life that I want to share before returning my attention to other topics such as reopening churches, budgeting during corona, the presidential election, etc. Like many of you, I will not mourn when 2020 passes away and we move into 2021!
Youโre probably hearing a lot of people saying something similar to what I am hearing: where did this year go? As the years pass by, they do seem to do so more quickly than I remember as a child or even as a young adult. With the year coming to a close in a few short weeks, I have been reflecting on all God has allowed me to be a part of and the ways in which He has blessed me and my family. Believe me, itโs a lot!
When I say my son and wife are more prepared for this next season in our lives than I am, that does not mean I am not embracing it. Quite the opposite is actually true!