Never going it alone

I'm headed out this evening to Oklahoma City for a Logos/Libronix training seminar with Morris Proctor. I'm not very excited about the training, although I truly love the software and hear these seminars are incredible. (How excited can you get about sitting in a room with a bunch of other geeks talking about software?) I'm excited because one of our young singles leaders is going with me, and I can't wait to spend some time with him. (Kari's going with us to spend some time with her sister - an added bonus, I won't have to sleep by myself).

One of the helpful things my first pastor boss taught me was to never do anything alone. He took it to the extreme, which was cool. He never goes to the bank, coffee shop, or even the bathroom without taking one of his guys with him.

Okay, maybe not the last one.

He called it "rambling," and I learned some of my best pastoral/theological lessons on rambling trips to the bank with JB. Not only is the idea good to protect a pastor in moral areas, it's a great opportunity to develop leaders and sharpen yourself.

I've tried to continue what JB started in my life. I rarely do anything in ministry by myself (with the exception of playing golf). Why miss the opportunity to spend time with guys you are trying to build into, or the blessing of processing things with guys you respect? Honestly I plan to learn more from Erick on this trip than he'll learn from me, and I'm sure looking forward to it.

You just can't ever go wrong spending time investing in relationships.

3 comments:

Phil Gons said...

Good thoughts, Chris. I hope you enjoy both the fellowship and the training.

Blessings,

Phil
www.logos.com

Kara said...

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T READ IT ON MY BLOG...

Love you Chris, but if I picked you, don't you think the other 3 C's in my life would be a little jealous...btw I am a little irritated you are so close to us in OKC and didn't tell me ahead of time! We could have met you there for a meal at least!

Jamie McBride said...

Was the training worth it? I keep avoiding it but I use the software for all my studies.