The Long Haul
When Jesus sends his disciples out to do ministry he advises them to stay where they are welcomed (and to shake off the dust and move on where they are not.) He also advises them: "Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the labourer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; cure the sick who are there, and say to them, “The kingdom of God has come near to you.”" From Luke Ch. 10 Since I arrived in Port Aransas in 2012, I've mostly "stayed in the same house" aside from a few short term lodgings the year after the hurricane. More than that literal stability of my dwelling place, I have found such deep meaning in the stability of living in one place and with one church for ten year, and anticipate it will only become a richer experience the longer I am here. On a recent Sunday, I got to baptize a third generation member of Trinity