Normal Life

It's great to have a little family time. Today there was a bike ride with Oliver, swimming with Rachel, Ethan and Caleb, just normal family stuff, the kind of thing that didn't used to happen when I had to work on Saturday. I suspect one of the challenges of 'full-time' ministry is carving out that 'normal' family time. It's a mixture of the strange hours, evenings, Sundays, and the expectation of being always available. I have not worked out how I'll deal with it yet. I'm not quite convinced by the models I've encountered so far. Doing part-time training and a full-time job may at least give an insight, but I think it's going to be important to get it right.