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 …
Jared Wilson writes about three elements of personal management that should be part of pastoral life. The third element Margin is the one that most pastors have the hardest time with because it is individual and can’t be controlled by a formula or program. Margin is similar to rest, but it’s not about not working, …
This article about Transition Without Relocating is helpful. “The pastor transitions (internally), but doesn’t relocate (externally).” Never Stop Learning is the first principle. The rest are here.
From an excerpt of Zack Eswine’s The Imperfect Pastor, posted at The Gospel Coalition. Do you have a bucket list for ministry, all the great ministry achievements you want to accomplish in his name before you die? You would not be alone if you did. Just read the classified ads, and myriad desires of those …
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