Okay folks, so I finally joined the Bridgeway blogring and I’m finally doing a blog update. I’m sure everyone has stopped checking my blog since I haven’t updated it from the time I started it. I will be stepping down from pastoring at Bridgeway242 on August 31 and will be moving to Lynchburg where my girlfriend Kimberly lives. I plan to finish my doctoral dissertation… maybe finish my University of Chicago Master’s thesis (20 years after the coursework!) and maybe revise my book “Overwhelmed by Grace.” There are all sorts of maybes in my life right now. I’m thinking of going back to grad school to earn my Ph.D. so I can teach. I don’t plan to go back to pastoring (though one never knows). I don’t know how long I can survive without a job, but I’ll try to stretch it out. Trying out different part-time jobs might be fun… maybe I could sign up with a temp agency. I’ve thought about getting into the public school system as a substitute teacher. I’ve thought about delivering mail on a rural route. I’ve thought about cashing in my retirement fund and not working for a while (since the more I work, the less I can do on my dissertation). Well, that’s all for today.
I’ve been thinking a little about retiring as well…