Lessons Learned from my Blogging Sabbatical

I took the month of June off from the blog, and am now getting back into the grove of things. It was an enjoyable month. Among ones normal pastoral duties, I spent considerable more time with the family, directed a week bible camp, and increased the depth of my exegetical work. I have moved a long way towards my goal of writing an exegetical commentary for each passage of scripture on which I preach. While I haven't realized this goal for my Sunday evening series on Matthew, I have begun it for the Sunday AM message (currently on Ephesians 4-6) and the Wednesday evening study on Leviticus.

In addition, I have received several new books--but purposefully didn't read them yet. Sadly, my wife has issued a 'no new book' ordinance effective until further notice. Hmmmm..... traditional patriarchalism sounds better all the time. Curse my subtle Egalitarian vestiges.

A few lessons learned during the Sabbatical:

1. Talking to real human beings isn't as bad as one might think.
2. It made my Mondays far more enjoyable (when I usually write my posts).
3. A season of special concentration on the family is healing & strengthening.
4. Blogger is more for personal betterment. Few even noticed I wasn't posting. There goes my delusion of changing the world via the content on www.joshgelatt.com.