tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10771467.post1103710719357349319..comments2023-07-03T11:05:32.157-04:00Comments on RevNeujahr: While I'm away . . ."The Right Rev"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08455816292461279724noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10771467.post-22518758117021860462011-01-11T12:54:39.801-05:002011-01-11T12:54:39.801-05:00I was wondering why my feed from your blog has bee...I was wondering why my feed from your blog has been so quiet. I serve a small two point country parish. God has an amazing way of providing for us. Four years ago I volunteered to serve as a First Responder in my remote corner of a rural county. After I finished my EMT training I ended up also working one or two nights a week on the local ambulance service. That has provided a small supplement to help keep us nose above water financially. <br /><br />Lately I've been bummed out, though. An area congregation has had two pastors turn down calls citing insufficient salary, rejecting 20% more than I'm earning. I'm tempted to put my name on the call list. Yet, I'm happy in my current parish. My family likes being settled after moving after four times in seven years prior to our arrival here. My basic daily bread is provided. We haven't made any progress in paying off debt, but somehow manage to avoid bouncing up against our credit card limits. When non-daily needs come up God seems to provide in non-daily ways, such as two vehicles that have been given to me over the past few years. So, in spite of a bit of occasional frustration and anxiety, I think I'll hunker down and make the best of my present situation. Where else in the world could I relax on my day off by driving an ambulance?<br /><br />Greybeard from Pcom and OL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com