By Dan on | Monday, July 28, 2008 |
Today was, overall, a good day. Church went smooth. I did learn that I really upset one member by not following up on said member while said member was ill. All I can do in this instance is apologize. I feel bad about that. I may have missed it even if I was a full [...]
Posted in Journal Entry | Tagged anger, apologize, birthday, blog, budget, busy, church member, cpe, frustration, overwhelmed, parenting, pastor, priorities, temper |
By Dan on | Sunday, July 27, 2008 |
People try to assert or obtain control in many ways. One of the ways I have seen lately is through being nice. Sometimes people offer to help not because they really want to help, but because they want control. We can feel it when it happens. Something changes from “Joe is a super volunteer at [...]
Posted in My Opinions | Tagged kindness, pastor, volunteer |
By Dan on | Saturday, July 19, 2008 |
This is an article that was written as a joint effort of the Chaplains in my CPE program for the hospital employee newsletter. We all experience conflict. In fact we are all bound to experience conflict because we perceive the world through our unique lenses. Through my lenses, some people just don’t smell right. A [...]
Posted in Church Life | Tagged conflict, diversity, emotions, forgiveness, harmony, kindness, Management, pastor, perfection, relationships |