On Being a Daddy

Tomorrow I will be going to Continuing Education, In the Salvation Army newly ordained ministers are required to attend seminaars once a year for their first five years. I theory i think its a good idea. My denomination has a fairly low academic standard for its clergy when compared to other denominations. Our Clergy attends two years of associates level training at the Salvation Army Training college and are then thrown into the riggors of ull time ministry.

No those attending the Training college may have come with any level of prior training from a GED to a PHD and everything inbetween. To me this is the beauty of the Salvation Army anyone can be saved from sin and by the Grace of God be made a "minister of the Gospel" but that also requires us to be vigiliant with regard to faith and continual training of our officers. I was exempted from futher continuing ed at the official SA seminaars because i am fulfilling my requirements locally at Alliance Seminary. However... i missed one and tomorrow i leave with my wife to make it up.

On of the main reasons for me doing my continuing Ed locally was so my wife and I wouldn't have to go together and as a result leave our son over night something we have only done twice in almost 3 yearsMy parents have taken vacation to come and Watch him for us and they Love their Grandson and will do a great Job but that is not the point i am going to miss my son

I just learned that one of my best friends from growing up had His first baby today, a Boy.( http://closetonothingatall.blogspot.com/) And i remembered back to all of the joy i had when Logan was born. he was/is mine a piece of me will live on in him and i was giving the responcibility of help him to be become everything God wants him to be.