A Change of Pace

We have been through a lot of big changes.

A change of pace.

A change in life.

A change in expectations.

We moved into a house where we are paying rent for the first time in our marriage.

I have faced unemployment…

…a worsening in my depression…

…a move to another state, and another health insurance…

…only to find my ADHD diagnosis will be, yet again, delayed. my new insurance won’t cover the old doctor.

Oh, and there was a nervous breakdown in there, too.

There is so much to get used to, and so much to let go of.

Now, we have a new life to build, in a new home. I don’t know where it will go from here, but I DO know I have a responsibility.

In addition to what I have been sharing up to now, I feel the need to share some other things I feel are important – things I would be remiss NOT to share.

I will say in advance: not everyone is going to agree with what I will share here in the coming weeks and months. That is okay. That’s to be expected. I’ll still love you all just as much.

I will still continue on this course, though, not because I want to, but because I feel it’s my responsibility to do so.

I’m not a pastor of a church anymore, so I can speak a little more freely. It does not mean, however, I take my responsibility as a minister any less seriously. For years, I have felt I must hold myself back in what I said about certain issues in the interest of not being controversial or divisive. I tiptoed around things about which I felt strongly, hiding or stifling my own convictions.

I can’t do that anymore. I may no longer pastor a church anymore, but I still have a responsibility to the truth.

So fasten your seatbelts, y’all. The ride is going to get bumpy.