by Eddie Pipkin
Following last week’s “Staple Girl” blog, I continued to think a lot about the nature of ministry. I argued in that blog that our work has impact, even when it’s not obvious and even when it’s not saluted with fireworks. Even so – even as I made the case for tiny victories – it was an argument that victories are there, whether grand or diminutive. It’s ‘mountaintop’ motivation, and I love mountaintops, but this week I want to make a case for asking what if it’s really all about the climb? What if work really is its own reward? What if it truly is all about the journey, not the destination?
It’s funny how much we long for (and promote) those mountaintop moments. Seems like we’re always trying to get back to them, and all our efforts are plowed into making them happen. They’re the payoff, the goal. Even though we willingly acknowledge the reality of ‘valley’ moments and the lessons we can learn from those times of struggle, those moments of pai