The Shepherd Focuses on the Sheep.

When people ask me what I do for a living I say I am a pastor. I may even add my specific calling, I am a transitional pastor. If they ask, I explain that I work with churches that are between pastors. I walk with them through the process of mourning a much loved pastor who has moved on to their next position or I help them heal from the pain caused by a hurtful pastor who has been removed. Although the metaphor is somewhat lost in our North American 21st century culture, I am a shepherd. My deepest desire is to facilitate a return to health for all those in the church, or to continue with the metaphor, the flock. (more…)

I Just Can’t

I just can’t get it out of my head, you know… those thoughts of inadequacy. It’s so easy to let them bounce around in there, running into everything that forms who I am, or at least who I thought I was. Years went into forming my identity but it takes mere minutes to knock it all down. I wander around my mind picking up the damaged pieces of my self-esteem, trying to reassemble things the way they were but nothing can stop the thoughts of inadequacy from returning. With every cycle more damage is done and although I pick the pieces up and put them back where they were, things will never look the same again. (more…)

The Word of God in the Hands of Man

It turns out that misquoting, misapplying or misusing scripture is not all that uncommon. To help you avoid this error I have created this post. While this post does not cover all verses that may be misquoted, misapplied or misused and all situations in which you may end up misquoting, misapplying or misusing scripture, it hopefully will make you think twice before you speak. (more…)