So, there’s International Buy A Priest A Beer Day, which falls on September 9 in 2021. Okay, I’m not a priest. (Well, all Christians are really, but that’s not what this is about) My preferred beverage is probably not beer. But still. I feel close to qualifying.
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 …
I have been trying to learn (since it was pointed out to me in painful circumstances) that saying things about members of the congregation in a negative way as a form of ‘in joke’ is wrong. That lesson has been hard to apply because of the familiarity we have with each other as a church, …
When I was studying to be a pastor we didn’t get advice as forthright and practical as this. One should endeavour to ascertain the true character of a party when accepting an invitation. source
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