Sunday, April 29, 2007  Long time gone  I haven't posted in
quite a while because, frankly, I haven't known what to say.
I've had plenty of thoughts and feelings, as anyone who knows me
and what I've been going through lately knows, but I just
haven't been able to put it into a coherent format suitable for
publishing on the Internet.  First thing's first: I'll be moving
from Nashville to Clarksville in June to be the pastor of
Bethlehem UMC:  This church has been around since 1836! I'm
excited/nervous/scared/etc, as you can probably imagine. The
congregation doesn't have a website as of now, but that will
change soon. Second, even though I've been given a full time
appointment I won't be commissioned at the upcoming session of
Annual Conference. The Board of Ordained Ministry turned me down
but hasn't told me why. They've promised that an explanation
will come later, but I'm sure you can understand my growing
cynicism since it's been almost two months. As of now the plan
is to go back and try again in a year