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Full-lifeCoaching, Dale Barrett: January 2014
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Full-lifeCoaching, Dale Barrett. Musings from a pastor and counselor about life's daily struggles and "stuff". Thursday, January 16, 2014. UPDATE ON SEMINAR- COMMITMENT: THE VOW FACTOR IN MARRIAGE. The first week of the marriage seminar on Commitment took place on Sunday, January 12th at Grace Church in San Luis Obispo. The teaching sessions as well as the accompanying work sheets will be available on my website int he next several weeks. See www.Full-LifeCoaching.org. And to do the following. It is not ...
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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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Full-lifeCoaching, Dale Barrett: How to spot a true disciple of Jesus...
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Full-lifeCoaching, Dale Barrett. Musings from a pastor and counselor about life's daily struggles and "stuff". Wednesday, July 8, 2015. How to spot a true disciple of Jesus. Jesus is sharing what is commonly called the "Upper Room Discourse" in this portion of John 13-17 and He introduces what I believe to be a neglected truth with his disciples in John 13:34,35. 1 This is NOT a new. Command, that they love one another. 2 There is, however a new. Characteristic of this love- " as I have loved you. This i...
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Full-lifeCoaching, Dale Barrett: Fog or Sunshine?
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Full-lifeCoaching, Dale Barrett. Musings from a pastor and counselor about life's daily struggles and "stuff". Thursday, July 10, 2014. Summer is a 'mystical" time on the Central Coast. You have heard of "June gloom"? That's not how it usually is the trajectory of where the highway peaks almost always reveals sunshine on the other side. At 1:30 pm in between counseling clients, I drove to Avila Beach from my office and spent one glorious hour in beautiful sunshine walking on the beach. The fog and sunshi...
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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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Full-lifeCoaching, Dale Barrett: April 2014
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Full-lifeCoaching, Dale Barrett. Musings from a pastor and counselor about life's daily struggles and "stuff". Thursday, April 24, 2014. How can we process issues that are of importance that are often difficult to resolve? Left unaddressed they potentially can lead to anger, alienation and anxiety in our relationships. God's Word helps us with this simple admonition in Proverbs 12:18, "Reckless words pierce like a sword but the tongue of the wise brings healing". And " selfish ambition". And then say "gr...
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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).