Respite.

because everyone needs a breather

I am with the good people of the Southeast UU Ministers Association chapter this week, at The Mountain Retreat Center in Highlands, North Carolina - leading a workshop and taking a much needed respite with colleagues who also need this time of rest and rejuvenation with their colleagues.

And if you think religious professionals shouldn’t get this kind of time away from the congregations they serve because you think it’s ‘vacation’… please take time to consider what ministry is and what it is your religious professionals do for your spiritual, emotional, and mental health - and why doing that essentially 24/7 is spiritually, emotionally, and mentally exhausting.

See you next week.

Late afternoon view from the lodge at The Mountain Retreat Center in the Smoky Mountains of NC, taken by me yesterday.