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Topic: Looking for Greener Grass |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 40: Home Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:18 am Subject: Looking for Greener Grass |
I'm reminded as I read Day 40 that my mother has always said if she wrote a book about her life she would title it, "No Continuing City." As missionaries, Mom and Dad never lived in one hom ... |
Topic: It's Not Easy |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 39: Being There Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:02 am Subject: It's Not Easy |
Day 39 relates to two pastoral experiences from yesterday.
Thursday is generally my study day. I retreat into my old office, now used as a Sunday School room, and concentrate on exegesis, commen ... |
Topic: Balancing Act |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 38: Adaptability Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:01 am Subject: Balancing Act |
It seems to me that this is another one of those areas where careful attention to balance is needed. Perhaps it is my own bias toward structure and planning (I hate "interruptions" and have ... |
Topic: Long Tenure |
corinthpastorbob
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Views: 11051
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Forum: Day 37: Authority and Abuse Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:46 am Subject: Long Tenure |
In about three weeks I will celebrate 15 years at my current church. A significant amount of assumed authority comes with the territory. A frightening amount, actually. That is especially true in a ... |
Topic: Democratization of the Church |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 36: Finding Good Help Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:04 am Subject: Democratization of the Church |
We pastors like to think of ourselves as accountable only to God, but it's not true. As a pastor, I am accountable to my congregation. Not as individuals, but as a group (and through formal channels) ... |
Topic: Loving the Sheep While Moving the Flock |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 35: Think Flock Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:52 am Subject: Loving the Sheep While Moving the Flock |
Today is one of those readings that parallels right where I am in the ministry setting. As of next Sunday, we are changing our 8:30 service from a traditional worship format that has been in place fo ... |
Topic: Breeding Season |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 34: Reproduction Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:40 am Subject: Breeding Season |
I sometimes wonder whether the concept of "breeding season" might not be a piece of the pastoral metaphor we should adopt. In my observation, churches seem either to treat every Sunday as h ... |
Topic: The problem with numbers |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 33: Productivity Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:43 am Subject: The delusion of success |
To piggyback on your observations, Jamie, perhaps the hidden danger of success is the delusion of divine validation. This is true of any success, but it is especially true when success is measured st ... |
Topic: Empower the goats! |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 32: Indigenous Leadership Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:33 am Subject: Goats or Wolves? |
The difficulty in pastoral leadership, at least at times, is discerning which indigenous leaders are helpful but occasionally annoying (goats, rams) and which are subversive and self-serving (wolves i ... |
Topic: What kind of family? |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 31: Working Together Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:00 am Subject: Learning Curve |
I'm very blessed with a family-like team. The core parts of that team have now been together for about 7 years. We like each other and work well together. But it hasn't always been so. I inherited ... |
Topic: Essentials and Non-essentials |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 30: Righteous Ruts Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:13 am Subject: Essentials and Non-essentials |
"Ruts" should primarily be related to the faith that is common to believers in Jesus Christ across the years and around the world. Anything else that becomes a rut leads to the danger of pe ... |
Topic: He Must Increase |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 29: Following the Leader Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:12 am Subject: He Must Increase |
I remember where I was sitting the first time I read John 3:22-30. Or at least the first time the impact of what I was reading hit me. Every good Baptist (which I was at the time) can tell you all a ... |
Topic: He Must Increase |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 29: Following the Leader Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:12 am Subject: He Must Increase |
I remember where I was sitting the first time I read John 3:22-30. Or at least the first time the impact of what I was reading hit me. Every good Baptist (which I was at the time) can tell you all a ... |
Topic: Divine Preference...for Me? |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 28: GUIDANCE Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:12 am Subject: Divine Preference...for Me? |
My favorite quote in Tim Laniak's first shepherding book, the biblical theology of pastoral leadership titled, "Shepherds After My Own Heart," is this: "the divine preference for human ... |
Topic: Vigilance or overly busy? |
corinthpastorbob
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Forum: Day 27: My Sleepless Shepherd Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:57 am Subject: Balancing Life's Demands |
I did a quick Internet search on Andy Stanley's work week, and I think the number is 45. But that's still impressive for a megachurch senior pastor. My sense is that from the beginning Andy had a st ... |
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