Juneteenth<\/a>, and I got to bring her home on father\u2019s day. Now the world is entirely different.<\/p>\nI don\u2019t tend to talk about my major life changes here with you, I have, this past decade, kept most of these posts strictly ideological. I didn\u2019t talk much about my wedding, for instance, or the romance that took place before it. But then, back then this was a blog about my apprehensions, mistakes, and ideas in preparing for ministry. Now it is becoming something else. So maybe I will begin to. As a pastor, in many ways it is safer, less controversial, less of a confidence issue, to talk about my own life than it is to talk about my ministry experiences. I am as curious as you are to learn what this may become.<\/p>\n
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