Dear ______: Hey, it is GREAT that you got invited to be one of the preachers at your town’s ecumenical Good Friday service. I know it makes you nervous. Nerves are okay — in part it means you take preaching the Word seriously. Preaching Good Friday You mention that it makes you more nervous than […]
Letters to a Young Pastor: Gregory of Nazianzus and the Nature of Ministry
Dear ______: I don’t usually write to two days in a row. Basically I never write you except on Thursdays. But I decided to make an exception today. In the East today is the commemoration of one of my favorite saints, Gregory of Nazianzus. I thought it would be a good idea to recommend him […]
Letters to a Young Pastor: Can Your Remove a Layer of Stress?
Dear ______: I totally get it: finding a way to keep muddling through in the midst of stress isn’t always the best answer. Sometimes it helps to find a way to actually remove a layer of stress. Can You Remove a Layer of Stress? There are, perhaps, two ways to approach this, on the timely-but-probably-horrible […]
Letters to a Young Pastor: Dealing with Stress
Dear ______: You are absolutely right: It has been far too long since we’ve written to each other. Thanks for the update on your life in this final year of seminary. It does sound really stressful. You probably feel like the weight of the whole world is on your shoulders — like poor old Atlas. […]
Letters to a Young Pastor: Dealing with Grief
Dear ______: I am so very sorry to hear that your mother has died. I once heard a very wise friend say “The world changes when a parent dies,” and surely it is true. Of course they are the direct source of our own lives, but that’s a bit theoretical. We get to know our […]
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