It's all good so far

Some days your own personal preaching comes back to with a difficult are you walking your talk.

One of the fond challenges I have given to youth that I mentor is to view all critism as constructive in intent even if the tone (or intrepreted tone in the case of emails) seems harsh or just sets you on edge. To walk away and contemplate rather than to fire off an equally biting reply escalaing matters.

A couple of recent Vestry emails pushes a hot button that really has required me to restrain from replying which,in turn, would definitely escalte things. A squabble that we don’t need right now.

So as I am here cowboying up and relucantly having to live by my own advise (yes the authors of the emails that are bothering me are Children of God, yes they love the Church and are elected to represent the parish) and think about what might have been the root cause (should I have communicated more?). Stewing in this as I comute, I have the Pray as You Go podcast on for my daily Examen.

The opening hymn is from the choir at Westminister Abbey and they sing “This is the day the Lord made, let us rejoice in it”. I realize that God is in control. He made this day and the one before it. I need to rejoice in it. I am alive today and I can continue to serve the Lord. Perhaps it is indeed time for me to be reminded to practice what I preach.

I will rejoice in this day for the Lord made it

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