He called this “petting” people. You know, how you pet a dog, and he likes you more? You give the dog an extra pat, an extra treat, and pretty soon, he’s eating out of your hand.
42. Twenty Nineteen (Part 19)
I will never forget the look on his face at that moment. He looked like someone had just told him that Santa Claus wasn’t real.
40. Twenty Nineteen (Part 18)
November 4th, 2019… the day I would resign…
39. Twenty Nineteen (Part 17)
I went to church that morning with mixed emotions. I was so relieved, yet I was scared that someone would see through me and figure out that I was quitting. So I had to lay low. It was a strange feeling.
38.Broken (Twenty Nineteen Part 16)
My first words…
I don’t want to do this
I don’t like being by myself
I don’t like quiet
I don’t like eating alone
I don’t want to cry
I don’t know where to start…
37. God is the Job (2019 Part 15)
I picked up my head, and this answer came out of my mouth, a response I had never considered, an answer I didn’t expect…
36. Twenty Nineteen (Part 14)
October 2019… the point of no return. Let’s talk about the Fall Fest for a minute. This was something Tree Town Baptist had been doing…
35. Twenty Nineteen (Part 13)
I started to feel like God was using something I could see to bring my attention to things I couldn’t.
34. Twenty Nineteen (Part 12)
Call me cynical. I don’t care. After everything that had happened up until this point, I was struggling to believe him.
31. Twenty Nineteen (Part 10)
And something inside me clicked. This was the new normal. This was the pace we would always be expected to work. It didn’t matter if I was “part-time.” Ministry was full-time.