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- June 7, 2010
A clergy friend of mine recently went through one of those periods in his pastorate when he had had 5…
, - June 4, 2010
Pause in the normal work of a presbytery meeting and ask people to spontaneously respond with a word of phrase…
, - June 3, 2010
We are exploring how a presbytery might help her churches in remembering who they are as the called people of…
, - June 2, 2010
As Israel was constantly learning, being set apart by God was less a reason for pride than of humble awe.…
, - June 1, 2010
I believe it was John Bright in his History of Israel who said that a major factor in preventing Israel…
, - May 31, 2010
I think we have about 11 Monday holidays on this country's calendar. Since I normally took Mondays as my day…
- May 28, 2010
You are in a blue funk. You are going through the motions, quite successfully, but internally you are hitting an…
- May 27, 2010
Feelings are very mercurial. At one moment they are up and another time they are down. Sometimes we can attribute…
- May 26, 2010
Acedia feeds upon the thought that nothing is worthwhile. Ecclesiastes gives expression to such thoughts. "Vanity of vanities, says the…
- May 25, 2010
Yesterday we talked about utilizing those slivers of time that frequently happen during your day to compose some scrawled notes.…
- May 24, 2010
If you want to combat acedia at any phase of your life or want to explore the future as you…
- May 21, 2010
I found a combination of some spiritual disciplines and paying attention to some unexpected experiences in life helped me listen…
- May 20, 2010
Yesterday I spoke of the temptation to acedia that can accompany your final years of active ministry. I mentioned that…
- May 19, 2010
I've talked to several pastors lately who are entering the final decade of their active ministry. Some of them use…
- May 18, 2010
I've been reading Acedia and Me by Kathleen Norris. Actually I've been listening to it as I make this commute…
, - May 17, 2010
Continuing to look at how the session can support the pastor in nurturing his or her spiritual life, let us…
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