Had a lovely coffee and a great chat with Roger today. It was a good chance to talk through a lot of things I've been mulling over about sustainability and depth. I'm a very lucky lady to be part of a community where people care for each other and want to help you grow and learn. (Roger, and all the core team for that matter, thank you for always encouraging me and being my friends!)
Rog and I chatted about my transition into my new role as team coach in 24-7, travel, public speaking and being a young woman leader. It was great to chat about some of the thoughts I had and pick his brain on mentoring, life, balance and study.
I want to be part of 24-7, part of what God's doing in this generation, for the rest of my life. Whatever form that involvement may take. The more I think about that (and the vow I'm contemplating) the more I'm thinking about laying foundations now for my growth and sustainability in the future. A year ago that sentence would have completely freaked me out...
I'm looking into finding a mentor who can help me look at these issues without a 24-7 or Revs bias. Someone to help me to find rhythms, methods and friendships to help me follow God to my grave.
Journaling is the beginning of my journey in finding discipline and depth in my personal relationship with God, my degree helped me explore modernity, postmodernity, etc and Equipped to Lead exposed me to broader church and communty issues. The area I really want to develop in is my knowlege of the Bible. Youth, enthusiasm will only excuse me for a few more years (if it really does now) so I want to learn. Give my brain something to munch on.
I graduated two years ago and the idea of returning to some form of study (v likely part time) in the coming years really excites me... Just something I'm mulling over.