Faith in the Cracks – Allowing God to seep into the cracks in our lives.

I was talking to my twins yesterday on our way to a birthday party for one of their classmates. My daughter said she was feeling a little scared about ice skating at the party because she had never done it. I told her it was okay to be scared. This was something new. In that moment, I also confessed to my kids that I too am scared right now. Walking away from the pastoral position I have been in for the past 8 1/2 years to follow the Holy Spirit’s prompting has not been easy.

The last time I did something like this was when I quit my job, sold my house, and moved away from the support network in the only town I had ever known to go to seminary. That too was scary, but looking back, I grew in a lot of ways, made some amazing friends, and started down a new path of faith as well.

So here I am again. Walking away from the comfortable, the known – however not selling my house – to embark on a new adventure where the only guide is the Holy Spirit.