I'm a terrible blogger, but here's a shot (again, and does that ever sound familiar) at trying to go at it with some sense of consistency.  I miss writing like I did all the time.

Closing the chapter on selecting a senior pastor for church feels good, even if church is still bleeding for it.  I will admit, there are still things that I am hardly pleased with, though on the whole I think we have a fine pastor on his way with his family.  I look forward to meeting him for real, working with him and learning from him.

Onward to prepping to teaching youth group.  This has been harder than I thought, but the idea of teaching on when you wonder WHERE God is sometimes, and the idea of God feeling distant (and the struggles through that) is something that was and is still relevant to me.  I hope it will meet the kids for youth group well, too.