I co-pastor now, so I preach six months, then another guy preaches six months. So that's really why I'm preparing for January, because I'll finish in June; then I'll be writing and doing other projects for the rest of the year.

You'll get through this. It won't be painless. It won't be quick. But God will use this mess for good. In the meantime don't be foolish or naïve. But don't despair either. With God's help you will get through this.

Fredrick Buechner kind of loosened up my clerical collar, you might say.

I just love preaching.

If there are a thousand steps between us and God, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for us. The choice is ours.

No matter who wins, God is still sovereign regardless if my preferred candidate wins or not.

Which would you prefer? To be king of the mountain for a day? Or to be a child of God for eternity?