tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836404.post5725020056834870621..comments2023-10-28T11:47:10.036-05:00Comments on the thin paper vault: Investments and ReturnsMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236978765342471022noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836404.post-51375873056176229592009-02-11T12:09:00.000-06:002009-02-11T12:09:00.000-06:00This is good.This is good.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095563996428705863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836404.post-43100055661659039582009-02-10T14:13:00.000-06:002009-02-10T14:13:00.000-06:00It's going to be a tough balancing act your whole ...It's going to be a tough balancing act your whole life long. So try to put good habits in place early. Yes, a pastor's work day is very flexible. Our synod's guidelines encourage pastors to take two days a week off. For me those days are Friday and Saturday. It means having my sermon and everything else done by the end of my work day Thursday.<BR/><BR/>This past week I had a funeral on Saturday which meant attending the visitation on Friday. There go my two days off. So I'm planning to take this Thursday off in addition to my Friday and Saturday to make up for what I didn't get off last week.<BR/><BR/>I beat myself up quite a bit for not getting out to visit our shut-in members enough. But I have to keep reminding myself that I was called to be a husband and a father too, in fact I was called to those vocations before being called to be a pastor. I'm not going to start ranking which of my callings is more important. I just have to keep striving for balance.<BR/><BR/>It's a constant struggle. You're finding it already. God bless you.Tom in Ontariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12154434042794825551noreply@blogger.com