I have the great privilege of serving a church that recognizes the benefits of providing their Senior Pastor with an annual sabbatical leave. Though I have not always been able to take the time away that has been offered, it has been a tremendous encouragement knowing that the…
My sabbatical time away was not all work and study. I did give a great deal of time to the focused agenda I mentioned in earlier posts, but I also spent a great deal of time in a car with parts of my immediate family and visiting with extended…
One of the main objectives of my recent sabbatical leave was to start working on a project with my friend and fellow pastor, Shawn Bergen. Shawn and I crossed paths five years ago when he served on staff of a church in our area. Within a year, through some…
For the last several years the church that I have served since 1986 has provided a month’s Sabbatical leave every year. There have been years that I’ve not been in the position to take advantage of this gracious provision and a couple where the Sabbatical had to be cut…