I can hear my wife Pat ask, "Do you have to answer every phone call?" It's not that she doesn't want me to communicate or be accessible. It's just that it's dinner, or devotion time, or we just sat down to have a personal conversation that we haven't had in days ... weeks? There are some priority questions here as well.
Being accessible is more than just a responsibility in the ministry, it is a key part in any position -- professional or personal -- of fostering, building, maintaining ... relationships.
To that end I recently read a blog post by one of Our Savior Lutheran School's illustrious graduates. His name is Justin Thorp, and he works in Washington, D.C., and is intimately involved with the development of the world wide web. Really cool stuff.
Justin recently wrote a blog post that challenged my thinking entitled, "Being Accessible..." (The tite of the post is a hyper-link ... just click it and you will be taken to the post.)
I would like for you to read it also.
I then want you to think about it's implications for ministry ... and family, and church, etc.
I will greatly look forward to your comments and the discussion that we might have.
I left Justin a comment about the implications of his post for ministry, and he wrote back a very thoughtful reply that again challenged me. Please read Justin's article ... and leave him a comment also. He is an impressive and wonderful young man!
Blessings on your day!
PM
