Dave Dorr challenges consumer attitudes being applied to church. He suggests a few “attitudes that show we are relating to our church as consumers”: 1. Consistently dwelling on the thought, “Is this church the right fit for me?” 2. Having an attitude that says, “If the leadership would just do ______________ better, then I would …
From Craig Barnes’ ‘The Pastor As Minor Poet’ (Eerdmans, 2009). As a minor poet, the pastor doesn’t simply tell people to be satisfied with their limited lives but instead helps them to find the joy and sacred purposes to these limits. Some of the things that are missing from the garden are good and certainly …
More from Craig Barnes’ ‘The Pastor As Minor Poet’ (Eerdmans, 2009). Craig Barnes seeks to describe what poetic leadership looks like in a culture of anxious worry seeking immediate solutions for every problem. So it is not surprising that the pastors’ continued devotion to great and holy ideals would put them out of step with …
So, memorising Philippians is falling a little bit behind, but pondering each of these verses over and over again is an engaging activity. Philippians 1: 15 and 18, for instance. Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but other from good will… What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in …
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