New Season

I haven't written a blog post since my Lent discipline of daily blogging. As I enter into this new season as associate pastor of Christ UMC in Franklin, I hope to maintain more of an online presence and to be able to connect to people more in this way. My plan is to blog, tweet, and update Facebook much more regularly.

Just a quick update on our life right now...

We moved to our new home in Spring Hill on June 21st, said farewell to the wonderful folks of Bethpage UMC on June 28th, and received a warm welcome at Christ UMC on July 4th. Those transitions alone would have been enough to raise the stress level and anxiety in our household, but in addition to all of that, our daughter Becca has been in the hospital for almost a week and a half, looking at her lack of weight gain and growth. After much prayer, thought, conversation, and consternation, we have decided that the best thing for her will be to get a G-tube. Now, we are waiting for them to schedule the surgery (hopefully today, but more likely tomorrow).

I am also getting ready to head out of town to go to MAP for a week. It should be a lot of fun, and I am really looking forward to spending a week with some folks from Bethpage and reconnecting with friends from Atlanta, but the timing is not the best with trying to get Becca's surgery done, adjusting to a new routine, and settling into a new church. But, that's life! The craziness of this summer will continue with a week here in Tennessee followed by a week at Aldersgate Camp in KY, a week back here, and then several days in Chicago for a wedding and to celebrate our 5th anniversary. I think everything will be great, but I'm sure it will also be nice to be home for awhile afterwards and allow things to get back to some sense of normalcy. But for now, back to the madness!