Sunday off-ness

[banzai]

Yesterday got started on the wrong foot. For some reason, I started the morning in a less-than-ideal mood about what Sunday mornings look like for me-as a church staffer, they're understandably (and often necessarily) full of things that call for my response, both the expected parts of making the morning run and a variable (but standard) volume of

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[chippa]

My best friend is the Executive Pastor of operations and spends Sundays working from about 5am - 9pm (sometimes later). He's exhausted, gets little rest, but really finds joy in the work believing it is exactly what God has him there to do. And though it's not for everyone, God certainly blesses some in that area of service, and it sounds like you guys probably fit in that niche as well.

[banzai]

I think so, too, though I don't want to lump anyone's encouragement toward rest into "you just don't understand our lives" (that way lies unaccountable madness). Staying open to voices outside ourselves while learning what's good and healthy for us is a tricky tension. As always, it's the same question: "What does it mean to be faithful?" That's not a question we can answer alone, but we alone have to answer it.