From Paducah With Love

We started the drive from Iowa City to Atlanta today, and I'm ending my day in Paducah, Kentucky.  Driving for eight hours gave me a lot of time to think.  I started my drive asking, "Why in the world am I doing this?" And over the course of my drive I came up with some good answers.  I want to be in ministry. I want to help people see all their neighbors as fellow children of God.  I want to teach Biblical scholarship and theology in the church setting. I want to help people develop their prayer lives.  I want to do mission work in the local and global settings. In the end, I want to make disciples for the transformation of the world.  If moving to Atlanta will help me accomplish those goals, then it's worth it.  That's why I'm doing this.