A Sermon Flashback

While I was delivering a sermon a couple of weeks ago, I had a sudden flashback to what one of my seminary professors said in 1988:"A pastor one who cares for souls. Never lose sight of the fact that God has entrusted everlasting souls into your ministry."One who...

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The Polarities Of Pastoring

In the aftermath of a memorial service that we held last week, I began thinking about how different tasks in ministry require vastly different mindsets.On the one hand, as that memorial service suggests, we are with people in the most vulnerable times of their lives...

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