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# Back to the routine
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/200617back-to-the-routine-html/
- Published: 2006-01-07T19:40:48.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:33:56.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Life, #DashHouseCom, #wp

It’s been a great couple of weeks of vacation. Kids got off school late this year, and since I had some vacation time available, I’ve been off as well.

Today is the first day that’s like our normal schedule: cleaning, hockey for Josiah, and thinking about tomorrow’s sermon (prepared a couple of weeks ago).

Some random things I’ve been thinking about the past couple of weeks:

- I love preaching, but I really do not crave being the center of attention. For some reason I’ve been thinking about how this takes away some of the joy of preaching for me.
- I’ve been reading *[iCon](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471720836/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com)* about Steve Jobs. Jobs is a flawed man with three things going for him: persistence, drive, and somehow being around the right people at the right time. It’s been a good book, because Jobs has alternated between being a colossal success and failure. Sometimes there’s not much difference. Hard to imagine anyone changing three industries ([computer](http://www.apple.com/?ref=dashhouse.com), [movies](http://www.pixar.com/?ref=dashhouse.com), and [music](http://www.apple.com/itunes/?ref=dashhouse.com)) as much as he has.
- I’ve also been reading Mike Slaughter’s *[Momentum for Life](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0687331919/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com)*. It’s a good book to kick off the New Year.
- How do some people, like [Tim Challies](http://www.challies.com/?ref=dashhouse.com), get so much done in a day? He has at least one substantial post a day, reads and reviews books like crazy, runs his own business, and has a family. It’s something.
- I have a column that’s going to be starting soon in [*Christian Week*](http://www.christianweek.org/?ref=dashhouse.com), every three issues. Looking forward to it.
- I’ve been thinking about this article on the [Missional Church](http://www.lifecycleproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Missional%5FChurch&ref=dashhouse.com). It’s a good one.