January 22, 2025
In the last Pastor’s Corner, I wrote about one of my two sabbatical projects. This column is about the other one.
Before I start with that, though, this reminder: I will be coming back. My sabbatical runs from February 1, 2025, to April 30, 2025. We have a wonderful minister coming to serve as interim pastor. The Rev. Dr. Diane Weible served as Associate Conference Minister of the Hawai’i Conference and provided care and support to churches here on Hawai’i Island. After leaving Hawai’i, she served as Conference Minister in the Northern California Nevada Conference UCC, and now provides consulting services. Please be ready to welcome her on February 2nd!
My second sabbatical project will probably occupy most of my time over the next three months. You are familiar with my custom of telling stories for worship based on the creatures of Hawai’i (including people now and then). I will go through those stories, make selections, and prepare them for publication. I expect that some of them will need to be re-written, at least in part. I’ve composed them to be told in the worship setting, and they will need some revision for the printed page.
Somewhere through that time I will inquire with different publishers to see who is interested, and to get that process started. From what I understand, that takes quite a while.
I’m afraid I won’t have a finished book to show when I’m back in May, but I hope it will be on its way. I’m quite sure I’ll have photos to share and stories to tell, and I know there will be work for us to do together as the people of God.
Blessings to you all!
In peace,
Pastor Eric
Photo of Eric Anderson collecting stories on New Year’s Eve 2024 by… Eric Anderson.
