The Guilt of Not Missing the Pulpit

Sometimes relief is not a sign that something was wrong. Sometimes it is a sign that something was finished.

Not long after I retired, I began running into members of First Baptist in grocery stores, restaurants, and parking lots. Almost every conversation eventually arrived at the same question.

“Pastor, do you miss us?”

Without hesitation I would answer, “No.”

The word came out quickly - too quickly. My wife would sometimes bristle beside me, and I could feel h…