Changing Life
Lisa and I are moving to Lynchburg, Va this
summer. Though I have moved most of my life, it is never easy.
I
grew up moving around. My father climbed the
corporate ladder, and the family went along for the climb. Here in married life
it has always been a conversation about what was good for us both. That is the
life for a clergy couple not wishing to serve as co-pastors. This summer we are
moving because Lisa is joining the faculty at Lynchburg College. It was a hard
choice, but the right one given the institutional dysfunction of LTS alongside
the unknown future. But change is never
easy.
Until I find a place to serve,
Lisa will doubt the wisdom of the move. Here in Lexington we were both working
in the same city even when our places of employment were not ideal, home was a
short drive away. We have been in Lexington for 13 years. I never thought we
would live anywhere that long.
LC
is a healthy place of higher education within our denomination and desires Lisa
to teach there. It will be a good place for her. We found a home to lease and
ultimately purchase when we sell our home here in Lexington. It is a historic
home and will require us to tend home differently than we have here. Change is
never easy and goodbye is hard. We are have too long a goodbye as far as I am
concerned. My, our, attention is fractured between finishing strong here in
current positions, and the thought of moving to Lynchburg and tasks
there.
And for Lisa it is the
knowledge that she is moving our lives from comfort to uncertainty. There are
new schedules, routes to work, people to meet, systems to navigate: all this
weighs on her. But, we made the decision together. It is hard for her to hear,
to embody. It will take her a while even when I find a place to
serve.
So, watch for stories about
the move, the new house, and new adventures. It will happen sometime this
summer.
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