Things he wish he knew

Joel shared information today that he has learned over his ministry years that he did not know going into them.

One thing that stuck out to me was when he said "spend time outside of the inner city". It is important to take time and spend it outside of the area in which you live, work, eat, sleep, and breathe. That is one thing that I do not do enough of now as a student. I've been told that next year when I'm an RA I will need to spend a few days per month off campus, just regrouping. I liked that little piece of information.

A scary thought was when he said that "compromise" and "experiment" are not dirty words. So often I am scared of failing so much that I do not experiment with anything. I realize that this can be a bad thing, but experimenting is not so fun to me either. I will just have to make sure that I am working with someone who is not afraid to experiment and compromise or who will urge me to get out of my zone.

Basically all of the information was extremely useful and now I get to start life with that knowledge instead of having to learn it all :).