Random Stuff (Page 37)
Celebrity Pastors
A helpful blog by DeYoung here on this issue.
Joplin Tornado Video
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Why sissies make bad Pastors
I found this article and was amused by it. check out the blog it came from here. I will make my comments in brackets. If you enter pastoral ministry… 10. Not everyone will like you. (This is an absolute given. Do not enter the ministry if you want everybody to be your ‘friend’, ‘respect your opinion’, ‘agree with you’ and…
Russell Brand may not be total div after all
Watch this interview and listen carefully to his explanation of fame and how people are searching for some kind of meaningful overarching narrative in life. Complete tosh to most of my lot in Niddrie but still a very insightful look at fame and how it relates to religion in our society. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-NCDovAWB8]
Attention All Fat Pastors
I love this. Read here.
Re-Ordering My Life
About a month ago I was persuaded by my wife and my doctor to take 4 weeks off work after an 18 month battle with a severe intestinal illness (ongoing). I was feeling tired, jaded, depressed and a bit fed up with being in ministry. This is my thirteenth year and most, if not all, of my time has been served in difficult inner city scenarios. The last 8 years have been…
Matt Hill Found Alive
New report here.
Pray for Matt Hill
Our thoughts and prayers are with Capitol Hill Baptist Church. See here for further details.
Psalm 73…nice
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Love Your Pastor Peeps!!
Interesting article from a USA perspective. I wonder what the statistics would be in the UK? I know there is a chronic shortage of pastors in our country. Less and less men seem to be taking up the ministry. I imagine in church planting circles the rates of attrition are higher still.…