I really like Bob Franquiz.  He’s just one of the coolest guys I’ve ever met.  I really dig his blog too. 

Yesterday, he posted that he’s preached 16 weeks in a row without a break and that his brain was fried.  That sort of woke me up.  The truth is that our church is going to be 5 years old in September and I’ve preached every Sunday except for about 8 or so weekends.  I’m not proud of that fact.  I’m actually sort of embarrassed.

Now, I know the Perry Noble says that you should preach no more than 40 Sundays a year if you want to keep things fresh.  If that’s true, I believe that I’m now owed 52 Sundays off.  Woo hoo!

Seriously though, God’s been telling me in a lot of different ways that I’ve got to take more breaks if I want to survive, and thrive, in the ministry.