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Board of Ordained Ministry interview was Monday. I felt like it went pretty well, but it's an odd time for the whole conference.
I got the decision today and I was turned down. And I actually feel pretty good about it. Because I realize this process is going to take as long as it's going to take. The title (or lack of) doesn't define me. I AM a minister. I have been called and ordained by God. I am doing ministry. Good, active, vital, healthy ministry.
They gave me some "areas of growth" to work on over the course of the next year before I resubmit my work. And they really aren't big or alarming. Clearly, they want me to come back next year. I think it all comes down to the fact that there aren't enough positions for provisional elders. Either way it doesn't matter. It doesn't change what I am doing or will continue to do.
And in the meantime, I'm not going to let myself and my life and my family be controlled by this process. I'm going to keep going and doing and working and learning and growing because when everything is said and done the only thing it will do is make me a better person and a better minister.
Now that that's over with, who wants a glass of wine? I know I do!
I got the decision today and I was turned down. And I actually feel pretty good about it. Because I realize this process is going to take as long as it's going to take. The title (or lack of) doesn't define me. I AM a minister. I have been called and ordained by God. I am doing ministry. Good, active, vital, healthy ministry.
They gave me some "areas of growth" to work on over the course of the next year before I resubmit my work. And they really aren't big or alarming. Clearly, they want me to come back next year. I think it all comes down to the fact that there aren't enough positions for provisional elders. Either way it doesn't matter. It doesn't change what I am doing or will continue to do.
And in the meantime, I'm not going to let myself and my life and my family be controlled by this process. I'm going to keep going and doing and working and learning and growing because when everything is said and done the only thing it will do is make me a better person and a better minister.
Now that that's over with, who wants a glass of wine? I know I do!