I'm not usually a procrastinator, but I admit to procrastinating slightly when it comes to my Charge Conference Report. The report is due on Wednesday ~ and tomorrow I am taking a vacation day ~ so I must finish today!

One reason I've procrastinated is the daunting nature of this task. How can I boil down all we have done all year into one brief report? As I look back over 2010 I remember times of excitement and times of frustration, times of energy and times of hope! We did many things together, yet much remains undone. As pilgrims together, there is much we can celebrate and much to look forward to. It is impossible to sum it all up in one (maybe two) page(s).

Yet that is what I must do. (And you, too, if you are a Team Leader writing a report for Charge Conference.) So instead of complaining, I've decided to give thanks. United Methodist Pastors have written Charge Conference Reports, in one form or another, for over 200 years. In our busy lives we are not often given the opportunity to reflect on what God has done and is doing in our lives. So I take this opportunity as a blessing. And I encourage you to take some moments to reflect, as well, on God's presence in your life, your work, your family.

So no more procrastination for me! As least I don't have to write by candlelight or on horseback as our early United Methodist ancestors did!