David at Here I Stand has tagged me and the rules for this meme are fairly standard.  Simply post the rules at the beginning of your post and answer the questions and tag five others to play along.  Leave a comment on their blog to let them know they need to visit your blog for the rules.  And…of course…link back to the one who tagged you (in this case it is your truly). 

So here we go…

Ten years ago:
I was working for my dad at his Chrysler dealership (I had left my job at Camp Onomia Outdoor Ministries in October of 1997).  I was living in my own (small) house enjoying being back in my home town.  The plan at the time was for me to learn the family business and take over for my dad someday.  Little did I know, at the time, that God was grooming me for something else (I was less than two years away from my call to go to seminary).

Five things on today’s to-do list:
(1) Find some interesting article for a discussion group I am in with a couple friends of mine.  We just recently finished reading the "Ragamuffin Gospel" by Brennan Manning and now we are trying to decide on another book.
(2) Send some birthday cards and a couple thank you cards.
(3) Update my blog
(4) Work on my Sketek Lutheran Ministries staff training session
(5) Think about how our fellowship hall is going to be transformed into our summer worship space.

Things I’d do if I was a billionaire:
This is a tough one but here are just a few things I would do (but not limited to these).
(1) Tithe!
(2) Pay off the education of all my cousins and family members.
(3) Set up a campership fund for Shetek Lutheran Ministries.
(4) Buy a lake cabin (and a boat).
(5) Put some away for retirement

Three bad habits:
(1) I spend "too much time" on the computer.
(2) I’ve been known to procrastinate.
(3) I sometimes have a tendency to bounce from one uncompleted project to another in the matter of seconds/minutes (maybe this is part of my procrastination problem)

Five places I’ve lived:
(1) St. Paul, MN — While I was going to seminary
(2) Mount Vernon, WA — Where I did my internship
(3) Dawson, MN — My hometown
(4) Onamia, MN — Where I served as a program director at Camp Onomia (and "no"…Onomia/Onamia is not misspelled)
(5) Fargo, ND — My sister and I lived here during our final year in college.

Five jobs – plus 1 – I’ve had (the "plus 1" is MY addition):
(1) Car salesman (in Dawson)
(2) Grounds crew (at seminary)
(3) Youth director (during my first 2 years of seminary)
(4) Bible camp program director (at Camp Onomia)
(5) Pro shop attendant (during high school)
(6) Pastor (Now)

Five people I am tagging:
(1) The Lutheran Zephyr
(2) Unlikely Banter
(3) Proclaiming Softly
(4) Postings from Pastor Brad
(5) And like David, I am going to include anyone else who is interested.  Just let me know so I can pop over and check out your list.

Enjoy!

-edh-