Get a Life!
Posted on August 28th, 2009
Pastor’s Column published in The Informer (FBC’s Newsletter for September 2009)
Good news, folks — your pastor is about to get a life! Come on, admit it, you’ve been hoping it would happen . . . at least I know Beth has!
Seriously though, I’m excited about the five-week class and sermon series that I will lead during Sunday School and worship starting September 6. This summer, I’ve been reading a book called Get a Life! that deals with how a person can have a full and abundant life as promised by Jesus in John 10:10: “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” It is a very practical book, one that has challenged me to look deeper into my life and my faith. I hope to share some insights from what I’ve learned this summer, and I cordially invite all our adults and youth to attend the class Sunday mornings from 9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
Having issued my invitation, I do want to make it clear that this class may not be everyone’s cup of tea. The class will heavily depend on the active participation and sharing of those in attendance. To get the most out of the class and the sermon series, some might want to order the book Get a Life! It Is All About You by Reggie McNeal. For others, this topic might be “old hat,” and some Sunday School classes may rightly decide to continue meeting separately during those five weeks. Probably most of all, this class and sermon series is about me taking some risks and going a little bit out of my comfort zone to teach and preach in ways that I have not done so before.
During these five weeks, we will address some significant questions. Questions like “Why am I here?”, “What is really important to me?”, What am I really good at?”, and “What do I need to learn?” We will not be able to answer fully each of these questions, but my hope is that these questions will stimulate us to examine our lives so that we may live more fully into the lives that God has intended for us as individuals and as a church.
As we start a new school year, I hope you will join me in enrolling in the “school of life.” May God bless and enlighten us as we take this journey together.
— Journeying on, Michael
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