Journey of Shawn Peoples' Walk in Grace!

     Well, some of you have been in suspense long enough. I sent out a little Facebook teaser a couple of days ago about an announcement we must make. However, before I make that announcement, I have to admit the last 3 weeks have been incredibly emotional. There were days of great highs which would be followed by days of great lows. Michelle, the kids, and I have been on this emotional rollercoaster for the last month. We hope we are stepping off of it for a little while, just so we can get out of feeling like we have sea legs. So let me fill you in on what's been going on and then give you what you have been waiting for ... or maybe you haven't, but I am going to give you something anyway.      About 3 months ago, I was contacted by Vanderbloemen Search Group as they searched for the next Lead pastor of a church they had been contracted by. I had sent them my resume a little over a month earlier and they felt I might be a fit. After an initial interview...

     I have sat down in-front of this computer many days and nights ... written blog posts only to delete them the next day. This season of waiting on the Lord to reveal what's next for our family has been (as I wrote in my journal today) heartbreaking, peaceful, painful, wondrous, and helpless. Sermons I have preached on the meaning of faith are being applied to my life currently and I have to admit that it is not always fun to go through those lessons. If you have wondered where I have been and why I haven't been writing, I haven't had the words to say or write ... although I have had an incredible peace in these last months. So here's a little update. Would you pray for us while you read?      "God wastes nothing", these words have both haunted me and thrilled me in the past days. For the past two months, I have been interviewing for a lead pastor role in another part of the country. Last week I would have told you, we were moving to that city with a c...