My youngest son Shepherd has turned six months old. It is a weird feeling seeing my two boys grow up so quickly and my role as a father ever evolving.
The past few months as I have done work introspectively—with my therapist and habitually. I have had to accept the current season of life I occupy: a season blended as a pastor and a father. Unlike the freedom of being a college student or a young pastor in my early 20s, my fatherhood and pastoral identity have blended to create a new season of life. Instead of output, there is input. Instead of growth, there is reformation. Instead of tangibles, there are intangibles.
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