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The Pastor's Heartbeat: February 2015
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Monday, February 23, 2015. Once a pastor, always a pastor. I recently decided to take a break from FB because I discovered I was slowly slipping into pastoral mode every time I read of a friend's need or heard a cry for help. I realized that though I had retired from active full-time pastoral ministry over eighteen months ago, I actually was "back in the saddle". Having recently "celebrated" my sixty-seventh birthday, I have been rehashing these last months and asking if I am still feeling significant.
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The Pastor's Heartbeat: December 2013
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Thursday, December 19, 2013. Building my faith.no reason to worry. When I wrote a couple of weeks ago I talked about the challenge of building my support team for our ministry in Haiti, and how much I have dreaded the task. Last year the theme Bev and I adopted was "W alk by faith. And it has been was exciting to see how God had made those words literally come to life for us. He has presented challenges for us to face and resources with which to face them. But I am making progress, thanks be to God!
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The Pastor's Heartbeat: April 2014
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Friday, April 11, 2014. Once a pastor, always a pastor. I have been retired from the pastoral ministry for over a year now. It ha s been a much more difficult transition than I envisioned. I have been engaging in some self-talk (I suppose people wonder why I am talking to myself.) and asking, "Why? Isn't this what you wanted? Isn't this how you felt God was directing your life path? I loved the guys (and ladies) I worked with. We were a team and each of them contributed something special to my life&#...
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The Pastor's Heartbeat: November 2013
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Thursday, November 07, 2013. Teaching.an inescapable joy. On Sunday morning I preached twice at Grace Church in San Luis Obispo for my stepson, Tim, who was traveling in India. I had forgotten how much I loved teaching the Word since it had been ten months since I had actually stood before a congregation to teach the Word, apart from my ministry in Haiti back in May. We are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works that he planned in advance for us to do.". What give you inescapable joy?
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The Pastor's Heartbeat: October 2013
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013. The Ministry of Prayer". My mother will be ninety next year.a hard fact to digest. I never think of her as old and her mind remains as sharp as ever. I recently was telling her how significant her contribution was to my life- and literally hundreds of others- through her faithfulness in prayer. I write a short simple poem about this to her on Sunday afternoon after a long conversation we shared together. The Ministry of Prayer. From a grateful son to a praying mother). But, gen...
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The Pastor's Heartbeat: June 2014
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Winning and losing and losing. I am an SF Giant's fan. A fair weather fan, I guess. They have lost 10 of their last 13 and most of those to lower echelon teams. I am tired of watching them; in fact, my patience grows thin as I watch them either not pitch or not hit or both. And I don't want to watch any more. God is a more than fair weather fan of mine. He is my advocate, my counselor, my Great Physician, my constant friend. He's not like me. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Pastor's Heartbeat: Missions and me
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Thursday, March 06, 2014. We attended our first missionary conference at our new church home this last week. The emphasis was on understanding the Islamic faith and identifying effective ways for sharing our faith. We enjoyed the opportunities we had to listen to stories from faithful missionaries to Muslims around the world. Such love motivates action. My question from the conference- " What am I doing to fulfill God's commission to help carry the gospel to the world? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Pastor's Heartbeat: Uneasiness
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Thursday, March 20, 2014. I awakened today to an unexplained sense of uneasiness. Where did it come from? Why did it assault me in the early uncomplicated hours of the morning? Why did it leave me feeling nauseous and almost, for a moment, panicky? It is several hours later and a sense of calm has come over me. I have been reflective in between counseling appointments and have made several observations about my morning demeanor. What about my blood sugar numbers do I need to remember when I am careless?
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The Pastor's Heartbeat: March 2014
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Thursday, March 20, 2014. I awakened today to an unexplained sense of uneasiness. Where did it come from? Why did it assault me in the early uncomplicated hours of the morning? Why did it leave me feeling nauseous and almost, for a moment, panicky? It is several hours later and a sense of calm has come over me. I have been reflective in between counseling appointments and have made several observations about my morning demeanor. What about my blood sugar numbers do I need to remember when I am careless?
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The Pastor's Heartbeat: January 2014
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Thursday, January 30, 2014. My sphere of influence. I keep thinking about the people I rub shoulders with every day. Do they know Christ? What's going on in their lives? Can I say something that will make a difference in their day? How can I show Christ to them? Am I willing to be involved in a relationship with them if that is required? I am also being influenced by a book on Discipleship by Jim Putman. And the intentionality of it. God called me to be a disciple and to make disciples, and that call...
