Like I’ve been saying for a while, although I enjoy my job as a pastor I do wonder about how long the paid pastor will exist as a viable career and I wonder if I’d enjoy something else even more. I have a lot of different skills and interests and although I do enjoy being a pastor I don’t find it particularly challenging most days and that troubles me. With these things in mind Jenn and I had a great conversation the other night about what other things I’d be interested in exploring. Although professional football coach, sports writer, and video game tester would be high on my list, most of those jobs are either unrealistic or would require more schooling that I don’t have money for. The other one that kept popping up though is maybe a bit more realistic . . . I want to be an author. I really enjoy putting my thoughts down on paper (or virtual paper on my laptop as it were) and judging by the fact I’ve had a few articles and such published in the past it would seem that some people think my thoughts are worth sharing. It’s something that I can do along side my current job but if all goes well could lead to a full time job down the road. Now I know many a young man has declared “I’m going to be a writer” in the past only to wind up “living in a van down by the river”, but I have the advantage of already having a real job and a wife with a real job too. By no means will this be an overnight transition into being Donald Miller, Rob Bell, etc., but at least it’s a direction for me to work towards and to give me a little more meaning in my life from day to day. I think I’ll likely start by writing some articles for the MB Herald – something small but still a little notable in Christian circles – and we’ll see where it goes from there. I’ll be sure to keep you posted so long as you keep looking out for my name to pop up where you least expect.
Well, I know I’ve been talking about it for a while now. I even had a post about six months ago about my dreams of being an author. Thankfully that day has finally come. It hasn’t been an easy secret to keep over the past while, but Donald Miller finally decided to let the cat out of the bag in a press release this morning. His new book, “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years”, has a co-author and that co-author is me. It’s been really busy trying to keep up with church work, be a dad and a husband, but it’s all been worth it. Make sure you pick up the book, it’s a great read. More than anything I’m just glad that I don’t have to keep the secret anymore.
Humble Musings of a Curious Man 