Last week I followed some advice from a good friend and left town for several days…all alone. My purpose was to rest, try to get rid of a 7 week cough, hear from God, pray through all the stuff we’re asking God to do this Fall, drill down on upcoming sermons, gear up for our staff advance later this month, listen to other preachers, read some of the books I’ve bought and neglected over the last 3 months, and think through some ideas for my first book, which I’m finally getting (kind of) serious about writing.

Thanks to my friend Bill, I stayed in a sweet crib on the best street in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, near my old stomping grounds. Holly came down for a night because I knew I’d have withdrawals and start getting depressed if she didn’t, thus defeating the purpose of my time away.

I was talking to one of my friends about how hard it was going to be for me to scale back on preaching and time in the office in the month of June. I like what he said back:
Watch out July.
Amen.