The tenure at First Christian is finished - at least as being the minister. My wife and I will remain members and will start going back after about a month or two so the new interim has a chance to get his feet on the ground and start doing ministry.
Next week I plan to start on promotional materials and trying to get bookings for my storytelling especially "My Name's James" the Civil War character I came up with to tell his memories of that horrible time in our nation's history.
This is not the best time to launch something like this. The economy is very bad and KY Arts and Humanities is probably due a hefty cut in funds. Most tellers I know had a hard time last year and that will only intensify in 2010. I feel bad in some respects as they are telling to entertain and survive as full time pros. Here I am, freshly retired trying to land some gigs myself. My income just went down by a BIG amount so I am competing with the best for what limited $$ that are available.
Sometimes I just want to throw the whole idea overboard, but I know I am good at what I do and I do enjoy the energy I receive from an audience who has experienced good telling and show their appreciation.
Time will tell.
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