There was an article saying that more people were going into full time ministry with churches as a result of the economic downturn. Not sure what to do with that. But, here goes. Full time ministry is not a career choice. It is not a profession that you choose. It chooses you or rather God chooses. Face it. It has no appeal. Low income. Maximum responsibility. Little professional support. Often scapegoat for all the ills of the church. What is there about this job that a rational person would look at think that this is the way to succeed in life? Nothing. However, when God chooses you for it, there is nothing else you even want to do. And if there is, you better go do, because you can't do this job with anything less than a foundational belief that you are obeying your Father.
The other article was about the fact that blogs are losing their popularity. Didn't matter much to me because mine was never popular except to me. It is my therapy, and occasional at best. However it did reinforce my belief that the patterns of communication in the 21st century continue to change and if Christians are going to keep the message of Jesus in the communication channels of this present world we need to stay up to date. More on this in my next post.
