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 …
Following Jesus and seeking platforms are compatible. Jesus is fame-shy. Jesus seemed drawn not to the spotlight but from it. Disciples and friends had to search. He wasn’t tweeting. His blog lay unattended. His email responses were not immediate. Where they often found him was alone and in desolate places praying (Luke 5:16). In fact, …
Pastoral life requires an embrace of personal locality. I struggle with reaching out. What do you suppose the work of a pastor entails in light of this? He sends at minimum, we would assume local attentiveness to divine love, among ordinary people and places, with local weather and stories. And right here, the words “attentive” …
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