Comments on: Sustainable Pace

By: The Sacred Way, by Tony Jones, Part 2 - Silence and the Inner Monk « Reading, Writing and… What Else is There?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:19:47 +0000

[...] last Saturday morning I read on Jeff Berryman’s blog: “I’ve said many times that there is a hidden monk living in me, and while I don’t [...]

By: C. P.

C. P. — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:10:55 +0000

“God Bless your inner monk” too. (Well said K.P.)

Though I’m thousands of miles away, I always love to “hear” about the journey you’ve undertaken at NW.

Prayers for healing to all. Humankind, everyone. Yes healing is good. Wind is good too. I’m chuckling inside, knowing that while wind was up there in some form I also faced the wind. Silly bike ride. Utterly destroyed me. If it were not for my friend hauling my dead carcass around the rest of the day Saturday, and then letting me have the “space” to not do squat on Sunday, well I’d probably not be typing this.

Blessings, C.

By: jason hedden

jason hedden — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:37:03 +0000

I can really relate to your post. I have been working at break neck pace lately too. Today doing set construction in the hot sun all day and I lost my patience with a co-worker who I usually get along with. It does not help that I have been sick the past 2 days and not getting enough sleep and we open an outdoor production in a couple weeks. With the baby coming this summer I am trying to find a way to adjust my work to a more sustainable pace. Thanks for your continued inspiration.

By: Steven Ramsey

Steven Ramsey — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:56:25 +0000

Deffinately take the time to stop and smell the roses. We dont need or want you to have a burn out. So that being said I would like to let you know that if there is anything that I can do to help in anyway let me know asap and I will be there!!

By: Kathleen Popa

Kathleen Popa — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:58:11 +0000

I recently read a book by Henri Nouwen, titled The Way of the Heart, about the disciplines of solitude, silence and prayer. It’s one of the most transforming books I’ve ever read. There’s a wonderful passage early on, about the plight of the minister, that begins: “Our society is not a community radiant with the love of Christ, but a dangerous network of domination and manipulation in which we can easily get entangled and lose our soul. The basic question is whether we ministers of Jesus Christ have not already been so deeply molded by the seductive powers of the dark world that we have become blind to our own and other people’s fatal state and have lost the power and motivation to swim for our lives.”

We need ministers who see the problem. God bless your inner monk.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:59:12 +0000

Jeff,

Just wanted to drop a line and say the one thing that amazes me about you is your seemingly endless supply of energy. You always seem to be juggling about a million ideas at once, and powered by some sort of Coulee Dam-type dynamo. The way you throw yourself totally into your work, and with the huge responsiblity for others that you’ve undertaken with your role at Northwest, I’m sure it can get very exhausting. So definitely take that deep breath, and set aside time to recharge the batteries.

I’m not sure that all of us at Northwest take enough opportunities to express how blessed we are in having you as the current preaching minister. I’m not just trying to butter you up to say some good things about my plays (they’re great, aren’t they?). Seriously, with the transition we’re going through we couldn’t have asked for a better person and leader to steer us through it. My sincere thanks to you.