I am reposting this here from my other blog to share something that happened Sunday during our commissioning celebration.
How should I shepherd this flock? Where do I begin?
By Scott Linscott
“I have something for you,” Jen said. Her face wore her father’s half-smirk-half-smile that always made me wonder what he was up to. She stood facing me close enough that I could see the same spark that I used to see in her dad’s eyes when he would drop by my office to chat.
We stood in the lobby of a church that had weathered more than 125 years of history, about to walk in and join 200 or so others who had gathered to celebrate its next phase of life. I was about to be officially installed as its new shepherd. (Read the full blog post here)