Different interactions, one common characteristic: “Disturbers are to be rebuked, the low-spirited to be encouraged, the infirm to be supported, objectors confuted, the treacherous guarded against, the unskilled taught, the lazy aroused, the contentious restrained, the haughty repressed, litigants pacified, the poor relieved, the oppressed liberated, the good approved, the evil borne with, and all …
From an article by William Willimon on pastoral ministry and change titled Why Leaders Are A Pain: The promise of all bogus religion is the promise of a peaceful life without pain. That’s also the subtext of lots of sermons I hear and some of the ones I preach: pain is avoidable, and here’s my …
Zack Eswine writes about that moment when you realise you need something that God knows you need all along: This pastoral paradigm was bringing us face-to-face with an old joke in Christian circles. “Pray for anything except patience,” the joke suggests. “You don’t want to see what God will give you if you ask for …
The following questions come from an article by Karl Vaters about decluttering the body life of local churches. Any church that’s been around for a while has long-standing ministries that are loved and used all the time. They’re front-and-center. But we also have ministries that have not aged well. They’ve stopped working, but they still …
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