The Direction of the Book

It was a very busy week just getting back into the groove of local church needs. Already since returning I've done a wedding and a funeral and I have another memorial service scheduled as well as an upcoming wedding.  I've returned to the regular schedule of Bible classes on Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday evenings, nursing home visitation, committee and board meetings and last, but certainly not least, sermon preparation and the weekly letter to the church family.

So, needless to say, I scramble to find every available moment to work on the book that is my goal as a culmination of this whole sabbatical trip. I have begun and at this point I am approaching it like this: I will look at my own spiritual journey and the sabbatical journey in each of four segments.

The SDA denomination has gone through enormous change as we look at it historically. I will endeavor to weave that into the picture as well. Certainly I have also gone through, and continue to go through, significant alterations in my thinking, focus, and outlook. Likewise, my itinerary, topography, and findings as I traveled around the country evolved into a picture that I could not have seen when I first set out.

I have many hours of work ahead of me to bring this to fruition and I covet your prayers as I seek to do so.  Again, this work must be positive, but real.  It must be helpful, but painfully truthful.  Let's see what God can do!