One of my job requirements involves “the ability to sit in long meetings.” 
Really. It was in the job description.
So yesterday and today were two of those long meeting days. And in spite of sitting in a chair for multiple hours, at the end of today, I am either punchy with exhaustion OR peculiarly hopeful about the state of the church:
- J. is already a bivocational minister and he’s still in seminary. And there are several others like him.
- People with way too many things to do in their own families, jobs, and churches are serving congregations beyond their own so that healthy ministry can happen.
- Disciples on opposite sides of some theological issues are praying for and with each other, attending each others events, and going to bat for each other when necessary.
I’m too tired to share much more. But there’s nothing that cures a meeting hangover like 1) a good night’s sleep and 2) hope for tomorrow.
A Church for Starving Artists 