Category: Vocation

  • October 5, 2010
    Over the years of a long professional career, it is easy to build up a crust of protective cynicism. In…
  • October 4, 2010
    As you seek to discern where God is calling you in your retirement phase, I would offer you some possible…
  • October 1, 2010
    Yesterday you examined in written form how God had initially called you to ministry and noted any clues in that…
  • September 30, 2010
    Reflect back on how you discerned God's call that started you on the journey towards ministry. It is different for…
  • September 29, 2010
    There seem to be two initial responses as one enters retirement after a long career as a pastor. For some,…
  • September 28, 2010
    I have now experienced about four years of retirement from being pastor of a church. Near the time that I…
  • September 16, 2010
    Yesterday may have been a little grandiose in looking at our temptations. Today, still remembering the temptations that Jesus experienced…
  • September 15, 2010
    Previously I suggested that you look at the temptation story in Matthew 4:1-11. The context is that it proceeds immediately…
  • September 14, 2010
    Yesterday we spoke of recalling the story of your call. I cannot emphasize enough how important that is. As Israel…
  • September 13, 2010
    As we mentioned last week, the very nature of our profession involves the pressure to compromise our calling. You are…