One of the questions I get asked a lot is, “What does a typical week look like for you?”

The short answer is that there is no typical week for our staff. We work hard, but we also work smart. We laugh and joke, but we also get down to business. I’m learning to work smarter and not just more. The truth is, I love what I do and I could do it all the time. I don’t feel like I have to work, but I get to work.

Because we don’t have offices, it means there is a lot of flexibility. I have a home office where I do a lot of my reading, thinking, studying, and administrative work. Not having offices puts me out in the community. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t run into someone I know or meet someone new.

Here’s as typical as it gets for me: I work Sunday- Thursday. I’m a morning person and that means we’re up and going early for a family breakfast together and a cup of coffee with Kristen. Mornings are usually prayer, Bible study, email, blogs, and office type work.

I love lunch meetings. Afternoons are different depending on the day. I wish we had staff meetings in the morning when I’m most creative, but I got out voted. Staff meetings happen at 2pm on Mondays. Our creative meeting is Wednesday at 2pm. I have some individual staff meetings throughout the week.

I bet I could count on one hand the number of evening meetings I’ve had in the past year. Evenings are reserved for the family. We eat dinner together at home 9/10 nights. We also play, go swimming or ride bikes. Our kids go to be bed pretty early and that is great time for Kristen and I to catch up on the couch. Our community group happily gets one of our nights during the week!

Fridays are date mornings for Kristen and me (during the school year) for breakfast and bumming around. Weekends pretty much involve anything outdoors: beach, surfing, fishing, hunting, yard work, and more beach.

Sundays are killers. I get up at 3:45am to be at setup at 4:30am. I’m usually done with everything at church and heading home around 1pm. Then it’s shower, lunch, NASCAR/ golf, and maybe a nap if I’ve been good.

I love my schedule. In one sense it’s very flexible and free. I really am in control of it. In the other sense, it is highly guarded, and certain times are carefully protected. “Simple church” has its perks. I also believe that Jesus meant it when he told Peter, “I will build my church.” What is your schedule like? What does your schedule say about you and your priorities?