Zack Eswine explains how good decisions are the cumulative expression of seeking the Right Thing in the Right Way at the Right Time. All three of these elements are required lest effort be marred by wrong goals, wrong pathways, or wrong timing. Too often worthwhile aspirations founder because of failure to account for all three …
Deeply penetrating analysis of pastoral life by Zack Eswine. “Why is it that those who give their days to a vocation charged with the enjoyment, love and glory of God remain so vulnerable to the loneliness and isolation that any human being can feel?” “Loneliness flourishes as restful human companionship fades. Pastors need people; not …
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 Great Master Gardener, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, in a wonderful providence with his own hand, planted me here, where by his grace, in this part of his vineyard, I grow; and here I will abide till the great master of the vineyard think fit to transplant me.” Samuel Rutherford, The Loveliness …
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