And the Winner Is...Us!

Kevin is my Pastor and he is a pretty good guy. He is new to us, but not "new". We picked him over the course of a two year search and then (Praise God) he picked us right back and came to lead us. I personally like him. I had the privilege of "looking him over" in detail over a month or three and even visited him in Dallas as he was recently graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary. He has a wife, he has three boys, he has a ThM and he has gifts and ideas that our church desperately needs.

I am forward thinker and looker and I love the organizational disciplines. I sometimes irritate my brethren when I let them in on my way of thinking and in doing so they see the church through my uniquely wired eyes. They do not like what I see and sometimes they do not like me. Let me be clear, I am uniquely wired not "rightly" wired.
I spent ten years in northern Maine. Often I was working directly under a pastor, but often I worked alone as our church was between pastors. I felt alone often. Through those ten years and then thirteen more climbing the often perilously tricky corporate ladder in corporate America, I have found that God has thickened my skin.

Here is a secret I will let you in on....I do not need to be liked. I do not pursue it and I do not care about it. I really enjoy fellowship and I love meeting new people, and I thank God for the one awesome woman and the few strong men, He has put in my life.

Which brings me back to Kevin, He is a leader, and a good man. This man is exactly what our body has needed for a long time. He is bringing change to our fellowship and he is attempting to build a work that will last and I thank God for him.

Did I mention I really like this guy?