The same experiences can lead to a pastor’s soul being an expression of trust and gratitude or lapsing into distance and cynicism. There will be injuries, but scars speak of an experience of healing while open wounds speak of ongoing (unrecognised / unaddressed / unresolved) pain. The pastor is not someone who has avoided injury, …
This post at Gospel Coalition Africa is framed in terms and situations familiar with that continent, but which translate everywhere as Daniel Gachuki exhorts pastors to set their aspirations in Christ-like terms, rather than for worldly gain. Here’s one of his points: We Are Servants, Not Superintendents The Bible unashamedly calls gospel preachers servants. Paul …
Craig Barnes writes in reflection on pastoral life and includes and observation about the repetitious nature of pastoral care. Frustration, care, and even and ambition can lead a pastor to resentment that care and growth are not done in one, but return again and again. Growth is the desired outcome, but the character of God …
In A Liturgy Of Grief, Leslie C. Allen explores the biblical book of Lamentations and its theme of grief. While discerning patterns that have been helpful in dealing with individuals in chaplaincy work, Allen identifies some traits of corporate grief. Grief comes in many shapes, shades, and sizes. The grief of Lamentations is of a …
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