Monday, October 17, 2005
Sitting here in a hotel room in Vancouver, WA. I got up at 4am to make the drive down here with a friend to go to a seminar this morning. My friend teaches a class at our denom's seminary here, and he asked me to come in and do a guest spot. This will be a first for me, so I'm looking forward to it.
I had a good quick chat this afternoon with the seminary's Dean, which I'm hoping will develop into a really good working relationship. The work with the missional school we're developing could be aided by some credible academic endorsement.
Last week was the first of about an eight week run in which things get a bit hectic. The next eight weekends are booked solid. I'm leading a retreat for college students one weekend, doing the
Generous Orthodoxy thing another weekend, I'm speaking in a couple of churches on other weekends, I'm going to New York City for a few days in mid-November, and then we're going to SoCal for Thanksgiving weekend. Meanwhile, the next six weeks or so will very likely define the degree to which the next 11 months will be outofcontrolbusy, or just a little busier than they ought to be.
Most of me is excited about all of this, but I am a bit concerned about that little thing in life called margin. Now is a really good time to be practicing some disciplines and setting some boundaries.
