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Topic: Your Faith or Your Living |
pastordzaster
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Forum: Day 23: The Rod Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:17 am Subject: Your Faith or Your Living |
Creating and enforcing rules is pastoral ministry. Confronting and removing abusive members from a congregation is as much shepherding as nurturing young and needy ones.
This chapter encouraged me. ... |
Topic: I have always heard them called alligators |
pastordzaster
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Forum: Day 17: Recognizing the Wolves Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:47 am Subject: They're Everywhere |
I've been at our church for 12 years. The first 10 were pretty brutal and bloody—going from a membership of 700 to our current (relatively happy and healthy) 300.
During that time, I was of ... |
Topic: Perpetually Conflicted |
pastordzaster
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Forum: Day 21: Dogs Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:40 am Subject: Perpetually Conflicted |
"He considered himself among a third group he named the sheepdogs. 'I live to protect the flock and confront the wolf.'â€
This anecdote, quoting a Viet Nam vet was ringing through my head ... |
Topic: Going After It |
pastordzaster
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Forum: Day 18: Facing the Lions Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:36 am Subject: Going After It |
"Can we report, like David, ‘I went after it’?â€
By personality, family background and training (especially as a Ranger), I tend to “go after it.†However, I can ... |
Topic: Good Reminder |
pastordzaster
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Forum: Open Forum Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:09 am Subject: Good Reminder |
From Day 13...
The staff represents these messages. A post-it note on the computer screen. A treat left in the lunch bag. A surprise party. A well-thought-out job review. A call on the anniversary ... |
Topic: A good staff devotion |
pastordzaster
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Forum: Open Forum Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:25 am Subject: Elders |
I've had the same thought re: my Session (elders). Their job is to "shepherd" the flock. Given that most meetings are "business-oriented," it would be interesting to see how they ... |
Topic: Day 5: Spring Up, O Well |
pastordzaster
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Forum: Open Forum Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:23 am Subject: Day 5: Spring Up, O Well |
"The question left for us is, 'Do we direct the attention of those we serve to the Source or do we sometimes, in exasperation, use the "tricks" of skills and strategies to accomplish he ... |
Topic: Holy Ground |
pastordzaster
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Forum: Day 1: The Wilderness Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:04 am Subject: Wilderness |
Funny how we spend much of our time trying to avoid "the wilderness" and yet, biblically, it's where God does most of his work! |
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