There are days when I just don’t think I have any pastoral gifts at all and my calling is just a joke people are playing on me to which I haven’t figured out the punch line.

Then there are days when I manage to do something useful by God’s grace. When I turn around and look at it I think, “Who on earth did that?” I’m amazed to find out I was actually involved.

Most days actually consist of both realities, which is why I go through life rather dizzy.