Designed To Be A Blessing

I received mail from Europe this week: "Your blog is really good, and entertaining. But your direction should be this: The daily activities, cares, and thoughts of an urban minister. ... It is more important that you reflect with hindsight: The burdens that a younger (or older) minister of a congregation may encounter. How one should engage with these or even avoid them. To what extent faith directions may be decided by the congregation, and how the differences are reconciled. Which faith directions are ethnically determined by Black and White. How one grapples with neighbours and authorities as this relates to Church activities. Whether one should host cultural, secular [and so on] events in the Church. Whether the Church may publish its own community paper to raise its profile. How one should strengthen a sense of community. How one may improve income and expenditure -- and so on." OBSERVATION: This comes from a respected mentor of many younger professionals -- and this has in fact been the primary goal of my blog. It has been designed to be a blessing. But, see my post Off Air.