{"id":4156,"date":"2008-11-24T20:52:12","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T02:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=4156"},"modified":"2013-06-11T07:45:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T13:45:37","slug":"st-peters-brewery-the-40k-word-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/st-peters-brewery-the-40k-word-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Peter’s Brewery :: the 40k word mark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n
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I passed the 40,000 word marker tonight. WOOT!<\/p>\n

On the downward slope for sure! 40,018 words total (or 80%) and less than 10,000 words left! Only seven days to go! Finish line here we come!<\/p>\n

And with another word\/mile-marker – I’ll share another brief segment of the book ::<\/p>\n

G.T. explained that even after changing his major and transferring to the Baptist college, he still struggled with his decision.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I just wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t content or happy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d G.T. said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was like something was still missing. But I figured I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d better stick with it now. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d spent too much time and money to back out by that time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

After he graduated college, he began seminary and went to work as a youth pastor for a congregation with roughly 150 members. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Seminary was just \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcwhat you do\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 if you want to go into full time ministry,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d G.T. said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t always make much sense to me, but I guess I learned a lot along the way. It was all classroom and book knowledge that was just poured into your head and there wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t much practical examples or training to prepare you for real world ministry.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

G.T. stopped his story with a rather loud laugh. He tried to continue on with his story in between laughs.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I remember after I graduated seminary I got a job as a pastor at a slightly larger church than before,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A month after I took over the position I was asked to perform a funeral for an older member in the church and I was absolutely clueless as to what I should do. I had to scour all of my books for examples of how to perform a funeral. Finally I called up the pastor from my old church and asked for his advice. He was able to give me enough notes to make it through that first funeral. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure that family thought, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWhat is wrong with this guy?!\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

G.T. paused while he took several bites of food. Jimmy thought through G.T.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s retelling of his story.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153So basically you decided to go into the ministry because some dude in your past said you should?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jimmy asked. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And then you spent a couple years getting a Master\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s degree simply because it was the thing to do?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

G.T. finished chewing his food.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yup,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he replied. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pretty good summary. I thought it was the right thing to do and figured if my pastor thought I should do it, he must have a pretty good insight from God.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153So then what?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jimmy asked.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well as I was at this first church I began to really study Scripture in preparation for each week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sermon,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d G.T. said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And the more I read and studied the more I began to realize that I was supposed to have a relationship with God on my own, not dependent upon a pastor or an elder or even my parents. So I really started encouraging the congregation to start reading their Bibles on their own. And I started suggesting that they shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t depend on me to hear from God. They weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t all too receptive to that idea. The deacons and the elders met and basically told me, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWe don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t pay you to tell us we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re supposed to hear from God on our own. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re supposed to tell us what God says.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 So that was the end of church number one.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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