From Working the Angles
The biblical fact is that there are no sucessful churches. There are instead, communities of sinners gathered before God week after week (3)
The images aspects of being a pastor, the parts that have to do with meeting people's expectations, can be faked easily (9)
Pastoring is blue collar work, not dog collar work. (18)
From Smooth Stones
Putting a name to pain is the first step in recovery from it (121)
worship equals a response to God's word in the community of God's people (186)
Worship is not something someone experiences, it is something we do. (187)
Joy, separated from its roots in God and pursued apart from the community of faith, becomes mere sensation.
Pastoral work takes place in an environment of hostility (218).
Wherever the people of God are there are enemies of God (219).
Pastors need to choose deliberately the servant style if they are to mature in ministry (232).
God's people are constituted and preserved by grace, not culture.
The Unnecessary Pastor
simul justus et pecatta--totally saints and totally sinners at the same time.
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I don't want to put a name to my pain. Then I have to accept it and deal with it and that, well, is just more painful than I want.
(this is meant sincerely, not in a smart-ass way)
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