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I have heard many explanations of staff. The tool of the shepherd is wielded with care, the shepherd has a heart for the sheep and it is demonstrated by his use of the staff. This image is commonly used in preaching. I have used it in preaching. I was given a staff at my ordination with the admoniti...

My wife and I were married in between my first and second years of seminary. When she came to St. Louis, she worked three part-time jobs to support us. We lived for free on the third floor of a house occupied by an 87 year-old widow in exchange for taking care of the house and doing odd jobs to care...

I am a tall man. Sometimes I don’t realize just how tall. Once while lining up to run a half-marathon, the woman in front of me held up her cell phone to take a picture above the crowd. I noticed something that I had to tell her. “That is how I see this crowd. That is my eye level.� We had a g...

At the installation of a pastor, another pastor publicly asked him this question, "Can you say to these people, 'Follow me?'" Everyone was a little surprised by the forthright nature of the question. Typically this was a moment for platitudes and blessings. The veteran pastor didn't relent...

Once one has been a part of a team that is well-functioning, mutually-beneficial and life-transforming, it becomes the standard by which all future teams are judged. I have been a part of such a team. We started a new site for an existing church. We had some inkling of what we were doing, but now co...