Kelly - Acts 20

Back into first person narrative, I see.

Paul's farewell speech is a bit difficult to read. On the one hand he seems a little arrogant about all that he's done. On the other, it's justifiable - he has actually done all of that.

It's hard to leave a faith community behind, for any reason. I've been a part of 8 different churches in my life - 4 of them as some sort of staff, and all of them with some role. It is hard to leave behind so many relationships that have been crucial to my daily life. And my personal arrogance has at times made it hard to wonder what's going to happen to the church after I leave.

For people such as my parents and many people at Faith, I imagine that the act of having to leave the community would be even more gut-wrenching. My parents were part of the same church for over 30 years and recently moved across the country, and many people at Faith have been here for much much longer.