In stories the hero arrives just in the nick of time. James Bond turns off the detonator with 007 seconds remaining. Han and Chewbacca arrive just as Darth Vader is about to fire on Luke. That sort of thing. While the Bible tells us that Jesus’ incarnation took place at the right time, the narrative …
In God’s grace, a pastor learns that they are serving their life’s great ministry, not that they are preparing for it. This grace occurs as the story of God’s people intertwines with theirs, when God’s people are no longer a stepping stone or a means of achieving a plan, but when their stories become the …
If the shared actions of the gathered people of God need to made relevant to each individual that participates it implies that sufficiency is inherent in those participants and the corporate activity is lacking. This is a contemporary notion. Corporate worship is framed from the perspective that sufficiency is found therein, and the need is …
From Diary Of A Pastor’s Soul: The Study is the antioffice. Diary Of A Pastor’s Soul, M Craig Barnes, Brazos Press, 2020, pgs 82. I’ve never heard it expressed this way, but this sums up why I call the spaces I work in ‘study’ and not ‘office’.
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