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 …
A word of encouragement for pastors, and by extension all Christians, from Justin Buzzard reminding us of the famous interaction between John Wesley and Peter Bohler: Most of us live life feeling our way towards an action, rather than acting our way towards a feeling. We have it backwards. Instead, we ought to act our …
Mike Perman at ‘What’s Best Next’ posts the quote below which deals with the leadership paralysis which ensues when objections attributed to “they” or “some people.” The principle is sound: unless there’s a name or definite identity, don’t receive the objection and as soon as there’s an identity, be prepared to listen. A good point …
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 …
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