tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post113737621028639739..comments2023-09-05T05:56:07.500-05:00Comments on St. Casserole: From the Pastoral NotebookSt. Casserolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14046979001194772038noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1137716905430955012006-01-19T18:28:00.000-06:002006-01-19T18:28:00.000-06:00Yes! You are so right! I am dead tot the world unt...Yes! You are so right! I am dead tot the world until I have my nap. A REAL nap of about 2 hours. Wonderful. Thanks for telling it like it is! (I found you through Telling Truth's awesome blog)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1137577794303089962006-01-18T03:49:00.000-06:002006-01-18T03:49:00.000-06:00I must be the one "afternoon" pastor, then!4.30pm ...I must be the one "afternoon" pastor, then!<BR/><BR/>4.30pm on a Sunday afternoon works well for children and families here and is my main service.<BR/><BR/>That doesn't make it any easier sometimes though! Innovation is hard work. Sometimes I find it best cover an 8am somewhere, do my regular 10am and just keep going through to 4.30 and beyond. But my Monday day off starts at 6.30pm Sunday!Dr Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027877685848693649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1137472525347682242006-01-16T22:35:00.000-06:002006-01-16T22:35:00.000-06:00Well, I'm with the rest of you. I usually wake up ...Well, I'm with the rest of you. I usually wake up Sunday a.m. feeling mild dread. I don't know why that is, since I do love church, but I always have a vague sense of inadequacy that hits on Sunday morning. I ALWAYS want to crawl back under the covers. After church I crash too, and it seems the norm is two hours. Wow. Here I thought I was a slug for sleeping so long on a Sunday afternoon! How can doing something I love so much (I do get over the a.m. uneasiness once I get to the church building) cause such exhaustion?Dorcas (aka SingingOwl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15626748280614018533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1137459954484918102006-01-16T19:05:00.000-06:002006-01-16T19:05:00.000-06:00Amen! I have a similar routine. As soon as I get h...Amen! I have a similar routine. As soon as I get home from Sunday morning worship, I change my clothes, collect up two cats and collapse on the bed for a long nap -- usually two hours or more. I think it's an introvert thing -- all that people energy on a Sunday morning just taps me out and I need the sleep to re-energize.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1137459502380207952006-01-16T18:58:00.000-06:002006-01-16T18:58:00.000-06:00Amen, Amen, and AMEN!!!Amen, Amen, and AMEN!!!Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04271643598506103839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1137450007618339672006-01-16T16:20:00.000-06:002006-01-16T16:20:00.000-06:00I've always wondered why churches do two services ...I've always wondered why churches do two services on Sunday. Who came up with that tradition?aolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434882980698530258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1137447995223754112006-01-16T15:46:00.000-06:002006-01-16T15:46:00.000-06:00So right, so right! It makes me wonder . . . are ...So right, so right! It makes me wonder . . . are there any pastors out ther who don't crash on Sunday afternoons?thankyoudarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07372430057296008107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1137422513370303402006-01-16T08:41:00.000-06:002006-01-16T08:41:00.000-06:00It has always puzzled me that our church has insis...It has always puzzled me that our church has insisted on having all committee meetings, including session, on Sunday nights. I've always thought that this must be really exhausting for the pastors and have noticed evidence of this on many occasions. I have raised the issue with the pastors several times but they are loath to initiate any change. <BR/><BR/>It makes most Sundays a real endurance contest for them since they routinely attend some of the committee meetings as well as session. Perhaps because they are both men they fear being seen as wussies if they tried to initiate a change. <BR/><BR/>I think that having session on a day other than Saturday and having more of the committee meetings spread over the week would improve the quality of the meetings and give the pastors a break.Jody Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031378214797420014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1137417644005333432006-01-16T07:20:00.000-06:002006-01-16T07:20:00.000-06:00First, thank you for saying this. It's good to kno...First, thank you for saying this. It's good to know that others feel all the juice has gone out of them.<BR/>Would someone kindly explain this to *my* family? <BR/>Yesterday I did manage to have a lie-down in between driving The Princess to a study date and later a sleepover. I didn't exactly go to sleep, but I did rest. And it was good.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1137416698520353362006-01-16T07:04:00.000-06:002006-01-16T07:04:00.000-06:00AMEN, sister! Sometimes I end up taking a nap, so...AMEN, sister! Sometimes I end up taking a nap, sometimes not, but my family has learned that I will not schlep or do errends on Sunday. My relaxation routine starts with the Sunday paper, which I always read in a particular order, wearing comfy clothes, in my favorite chair.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324456402703897094noreply@blogger.com