Category: Books
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HEY, LET’S ALL MEET IN EUGENE
This morning Pastor Greenbean left his comfortable little hamlet and traveled south. A good friend and I carpooled down to Eugene, Oregon for the yearly gathering of the regional expression of our denomination. These meetings are usually comprised of pastors, church leaders, and denominational employees. The drive down was not bad at all. It is…
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ALTERED ALTAR–WHY PASTOR GREENBEAN NO LONGER ALTAR CALLS
This morning in my email I received one of those ‘professional’ articles we pastors get all the time. I usually just dump them quickly from my iPhone while I’m working out. But today I lingered on the article and thought about it because it was about something I myself had wrestled with. The article was…
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TIME CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Reformation Sunday. Autumnfest Sunday Night. Halloween trick or treat. All Saints Day. Wow—what an eventful week. But the thrills are not over. As if we needed one more thing to crowd in on this busy week of festivities and reflections; we have to contemplate the giant chronometric adjustment. That’s right, this week, Saturday to be…
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ALL SAINTS–A DAY FOR HEROES
I’ve spent some time this morning reflecting on the nature of All Saints Day and what it might mean for me; a Protestant who rejects using the word saint for anything other than a description of any Christ-follower; which is how the New Testament uses it. The problem is I completely understand the human impulse…