>> I was a library geek here at Millersville and I just, I enjoyed the study.
I love the study of theology, the study of the Bible.
That is my favorite thing -- sitting down and having the books all spread out in front of me
and just having quiet and working on that is something that I really, really enjoy.
I, as well as Sunday morning.
I really get jazzed up.
I played football in high school and I feel like it's a football game every Sunday.
I'm excited.
I see people I really care about every Sunday.
We catch up and just it's such a great honor and a privilege to stand there,
to deliver God's Word and the sacraments, to wear these vestments that are 2,000 years old,
to follow a liturgy that comes down to a, from the ages and what an honor and it's just great.
Yeah. Well, we're in a challenging time.
We're seeing a shift in the culture.
We're moving from a culture that once was highly Christianized.
That is, the Christian story was in the air we breathe and the water we drink.
That's no longer the case anymore.
As I remind the parishioners that I serve, it's not 1958.
It's 2014.
We live in a pluralistic society.
That brings its own challenges.
It brings its own blessings as well.
We have, as any small church does, budgetary issues that we have to struggle through because,
you know, with increased healthcare costs and insurance
and just running the facility, it becomes a challenge.
We have a challenge that's before us that we need to bring our message to a culture
that is often indifferent to what we have to proclaim.
Yeah, and so we also face challenges from those within the church that seek
to change the message, try to adapt it to the culture, and frankly, we can't do that.
The Word of the Lord endures forever that it's unchanging and that's what we have to stick to.
Yeah.