Leadership

How did this happen? I'm taking stock of my life, trying to discern its current infrastructure (that's sort of an ongoing mission for me), and I came up with a rather surprising conclusion: I'm in charge of a lot of biggish stuff.

I guess this is just what being an adult is about -- my sister, for example, is in charge of two young lives and a budding medical career wherein she saves and nurtures lives on a daily basis, which sort of dwarfs my stuff, if you think about it. But man, when you put it all on paper, there really is a lot of responsibility involved in these responsibilities of mine:

- Being the treasurer of a non-profit organization and putting together our first capital campaign for ecologically-friendly building renovations;
- Being a faithful presence in the life of my godson;
- Organizing and leading a trip to Germany next year for my congregation;
- Representing my colleagues on the leadership team of the diaconal minsters in our denomination;
- Orienting new housemates into the life and procedures of our collective;
- And helping to ensure the financial future of an institution of theological education

There's a bit of a disconnect there for me. I see myself not as someone who slogs through huge responsibilities on a daily basis but rather as someone who would rather go for a long walk with a friend, veg out in front of an Alias DVD, snuggle up with a good book, or sing around a campfire than do anything actively responsible... yet somehow this stuff all gets done. Weird.