Willis Finifrock,http://saucemilan.com/wp-searches.php?jalkapallo/jalkapallokengat/aikuiset/adidas-adipure-11pro-trx-fg-sr_-futiskengat-p-3221.html, a turkey farmer-turned-furnace man from northern Minnesota, was explaining to me how the gears work in his giant fuel oil truck. Patiently and methodically,http://www.ytutanflamenca.com/wp-db.php?blog/1434/, he showed me how he shifts from 1st gear to 2nd gear, then 2nd to 3rd, then 3rd to 4th and, finally, from 12th to 13th gear. (He would have showed me all 97 gears if he had them.)
This was my first real pastoral visit at my first church Barnum Community Church in Barnum,http://www.vincinibottier.com/fantversion.php?lists/futbol-espinilleras-adidas.aspx, Minnesota, population 460. I was still finishing my last year of seminary in St. Paul, driving two hours straight north every Saturday to preach on Sunday, visit with folks on Monday, and then drive back home on Tuesday morning. Willis had invited me to join him on a Monday fuel oil pickup at 4:00 a.m. We went to the refinery, filled the tank,http://www.palinglaku.com/wp-xml.php?landsholdsfodbold/article5299263.ece, and then drove around on Highway 6, east of Barnum.
For most of the ride, the rig jostled me like a mechanical bull, but I enjoyed spending time with Willis, immersing myself in his world of gauges and gears,http://www.showbusinessreport.com/wp-embed.php?Seattle_Seahawks_Ladies_Jerseys, valves and hoses,http://www.handelcon.com/wp-searches.php?cart.php?m=product_detail&p=2160&catID=311, tanks and pumps. I guess this wasn t just my first pastoral visit; it was my first pastoral faith and work conversation.
My 4:00 a.m. ride with Willis would also kickoff what I ve come to call Season 1 of how I ve dealt with faith and work issues. In all, I m able to track three distinct ministry seasons at three churches that represent three different pastoral approaches to faith and work. The three seasons break down like this:
Season 1 - Na ve Engagement
Season 2 - Intentional Disengagement
Season 3 - Creative Engagement
Season 1 - Na ve Engagement
Barnum, Minnesota,http://teslaglobaltechnology.com/wp-title.php?stores/realmadrid/es/products/kitselector/home-kit-15-16/real-madrid-camiseta-de-la-1%25C2%25AA-equipaci%25C3%25B3n15-16-arbeloa-17/1012941, was the place of na ve engagement. Throughout my pastorate in this rural town, I engaged in faith and work pastoral visits without ever reflecting on why or how. I had never heard the phrase faith and work. I didn t preach a single sermon on the topic, and I never strategized how to equip people to integrate their Sunday worship with their weekly jobs. And yet,http://www.ytutanflamenca.com/wp-xml.php?parts/spring-bars/for-steel-bracelets.html, for some reason, I couldn t avoid immersing myself in Barnum s local economy, the grease and glory of fuel trucks, dairy cows, hay bales, group foster homes,http://teiebat.no/Ekstra.php?landslag-647/sor-afrika-684, and a dozen other ways that people earned their living.
When you re frantically running a wannabe mega church,http://www.nativeprince.com/wp-content.php?fck-fodboldtroejer/, something has to give.
For eight years I made inadvertent faith and work visits. I rode with Willis on his many-geared fuel truck at 4:00 a.m. and joined him for the early August season of gathering and stacking hay bales. I spent time with Irma and Kenny Deusler at their small dairy farm,http://www.headstartfs.com.au/settings.php?internationalteams, listening with city-boy wonder as they described their grueling seven-day morning and evening rhythm of milking 65 cows and working full-time jobs. I sat with Dave Ferguson in his steaming homemade Finnish sauna and listened to his stories about teaching gym class at Barnum High School. Howard Ballou, an 82-year-old retired farmer and widower, lectured me on the glories of cream from the Guernsey cattle he once owned. In near ecstasy, he exclaimed,http://www.danalund-drageriet.dk/sidebar.php?fodboldtrojer-hoffenheim-c60.php, Ah, dat cream! It was da best, da richest, da heaviest cream in da world!
Every Sunday afternoon I d join Leon and Nancy Finifrock for a farm breakfast with their crew of foster boys before playing a brutal game of tackle football. Over the years, Leon and Nancy took in over 100 at-risk teenagers, and I had the chance to pastor and smack-down dozens of those kids while supporting Leon and Nancy in their calling.
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