I\u2019ve never gotten used to this.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t misunderstand. I don\u2019t think this is \u201cwrong\u201d and or that I\u2019m above it all. We all\u00a0have\u00a0to make a living and positive cash flow is a wonderful thing. The banks that lend me money for a house, car, and college agree wholeheartedly.<\/p>\n But I just\u2026feel funny about it. Like it\u2019s not quite\u2026right.<\/p>\n I and others like me have a limited skill set. I can\u2019t weld, build houses, work in securities, or transplant organs. I went to seminary and \u00a0graduate school to study the Bible and stuff. So here I am, with bills like everyone else, getting paid for telling people what he thinks about God, Jesus, and the Bible.<\/p>\n The plight of professional Christians\u2013whether writer, speaker, professor, clergy. We make our income talking about the Creator, the one responsible for\u00a0everything\u00a0from subatomic\u00a0particles\u00a0to an expanding universe.<\/p>\n I just need to let that settle once in a while. And when I do I feel\u2026sort of unqualified<\/a>.<\/p>\n I think this is on my mind with my semester staring in a little over a week, finishing up a book manuscript in the next two weeks, and finalizing speaking plans for the next few months.\u00a0It\u2019s that time of year when I am surrounded\u00a0by reminders of how I actually make a living.<\/p>\n The deep, ineffable,\u00a0mysterious, and ultimate reality, the ground of all being\u2013Being itself\u2013is a for-profit gig.<\/p>\n Remembering that puts me in an\u00a0introspective\u00a0mood.<\/p>\n OK, I feel better now. It also helps that I am reading books like this<\/a> Anyway, I\u2019d love to keep chatting, but I\u2019ve got a list of God, Jesus, and Bible stuff to finish in the next two weeks.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peteenns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/money.jpeg?ssl=1\" "\\"money\\"")
<\/a>Dr. Enns, we would like you to come talk to us about God, Jesus, and the Bible, and we will pay you money. So, do you agree to come? And, have I mentioned we will give you money in exchange for telling us what you think about God, Jesus, and the Bible?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n