Comments on: How I Spent My Summer Vacation; or Why I Am No Longer in Full-Time Ministry http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/08/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-or-why-i-am-no-longer-in-full-time-ministry/ Musings on Christianity Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: RV Reviews http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/08/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-or-why-i-am-no-longer-in-full-time-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-3095 RV Reviews Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:04:23 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=870#comment-3095 well that's what i call soul searching... well that's what i call soul searching…

]]> By: AngelinaBellew http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/08/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-or-why-i-am-no-longer-in-full-time-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-2618 AngelinaBellew Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:04:06 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=870#comment-2618 I for one can tell you that this is possible. This is the stage <a href="http://www.blinddateuncensored.net/" rel="nofollow">blind date uncensored</a> I have reached with my anxiety and panic attacks.(Justin Brooke, Creator of <a href="http://NewAnxietyCure.com" rel="nofollow">NewAnxietyCure.com</a>) Along the way I bought alot of really crappy anti-anxiety products. I for one can tell you that this is possible. This is the stage blind date uncensored I have reached with my anxiety and panic attacks.(Justin Brooke, Creator of NewAnxietyCure.com) Along the way I bought alot of really crappy anti-anxiety products.

]]> By: Kansas Bob http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/08/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-or-why-i-am-no-longer-in-full-time-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-2517 Kansas Bob Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:35:17 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=870#comment-2517 Thanks so much for the response Rob.. enjoyed reading a bit of your story. Best wishes on the book and the music. Thanks so much for the response Rob.. enjoyed reading a bit of your story. Best wishes on the book and the music.

]]> By: RobAC http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/08/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-or-why-i-am-no-longer-in-full-time-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-2508 RobAC Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:22:37 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=870#comment-2508 After leaving pastoral ministry, I worked in the college textbook business for about a decade. Decided I wanted to do something more meaningful with my life and started working with mentally retarded folk in the supported employment area. Because of problems with my boss who was overinvested in the program I was running and because the paperwork due to medicaid was getting ridiculous, I burned out and decided to do something totally different so now my day job is working in a factory building diesel engines while I attempt to write a book on the relationship of Christians to the state and honin my skills as a musician. I am a singer and I have played some professional trombone. After leaving pastoral ministry, I worked in the college textbook business for about a decade. Decided I wanted to do something more meaningful with my life and started working with mentally retarded folk in the supported employment area. Because of problems with my boss who was overinvested in the program I was running and because the paperwork due to medicaid was getting ridiculous, I burned out and decided to do something totally different so now my day job is working in a factory building diesel engines while I attempt to write a book on the relationship of Christians to the state and honin my skills as a musician. I am a singer and I have played some professional trombone.

]]> By: Kansas Bob http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/08/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-or-why-i-am-no-longer-in-full-time-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-2502 Kansas Bob Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:19:23 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=870#comment-2502 Great post Bob.. with a name like that I would expect no less :)<br><br>I commend you for not acquiescing to the pressures to make it in ministry by entering pastoral ministry. Sad that so many are not as self-aware as you are. I think that the pulpit is a powerful force and seduces many into pastoral ministry when they are called to something else.<br><br>If you get a chance you might want to check my thoughts out on this in these posts: <br><br><a href="http://redeemed.kansasbob.com/2007/03/invisible-ministry.html" rel="nofollow">http://redeemed.kansasbob.com/2007/03/invisible...</a><br><a href="http://redeemed.kansasbob.com/2006/03/religious-seduction.html" rel="nofollow">http://redeemed.kansasbob.com/2006/03/religious...</a><br><br>PS: What profession did you end up in? Great post Bob.. with a name like that I would expect no less :)

I commend you for not acquiescing to the pressures to make it in ministry by entering pastoral ministry. Sad that so many are not as self-aware as you are. I think that the pulpit is a powerful force and seduces many into pastoral ministry when they are called to something else.

If you get a chance you might want to check my thoughts out on this in these posts:

http://redeemed.kansasbob.com/2007/03/invisible…
http://redeemed.kansasbob.com/2006/03/religious…

PS: What profession did you end up in?

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