Tag: pastor
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TRIPPING ON POWER
The feature article in this months CT (Christianity Today) is about pastoral power in the local church. The author, Andy Crouch, does a very fine job of discussing the differences and similarities between high power churches (think Roman Catholic or megachurches) and low power churches (think Quaker, congregational Baptists) and how power is neutral–it can…
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PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW
Tomorrow they are turning off the cable, which means I will have no internet, and the day after that I’ll be on the road to our new house so it will be a while before I can blog again, so I jolly well better do it now. I have been intending to write for the…
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SUCCESS–LESSONS FROM THE “ULTRA” WEALTHY VIA YAHOO BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW ANY
I don’t know if it is proper to write ultra wealthy or ultrawealthy? Or is it UltraWealthy? I think I prefer ultrawealthy, with no capitalization. There is something about using the modifier “ultra” as a compound that makes me think of cartoons. Anyway, yesterday my home page had an article titled “7 Habits of the…
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THE PRICE OF GAS AND PASTORAL MINISTRY or PASTORAL GAS
This week I have already logged 180 miles doing ministry. I legitimately could have doubled that had I the time. For example, today I am supposed to go to Tacoma for a denominational meeting. It is a meeting I love and am prepared for, but will not be able to attend because of time constraints—next…