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Self-Serving Mission | Confessions of a Naked Pastor
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Confessions of a Naked Pastor. Posted by: Rick Boyes. June 14, 2011. It’s been a couple of weeks since my return from Rwanda. And I have been working with my travel companion, Mike Mycio, Missions Director at Gateway Church. As we debrief and prayerfully consider what God is leading Gateway to become a part of. 8230; and I have come to the conclusion that “missions” is one of the most self-serving things I’ve done. None of that happened. As I struggle with their kindness, their forgiveness, their mercy a...
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Confessions of a Naked Pastor | Lessons in transparency | Page 2
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Confessions of a Naked Pastor. Posted by: Rick Boyes. May 11, 2011. Show me your Africa, Lord. Rwanda…the land of a thousand hills. And now, I am here…no lions yet…at least not from where I stand on this balcony drinking my morning coffee. The only remotely “wild” animal was a crazy rooster crowing at 5:30 this morning! I may just eat him before I leave…who’s being wild now? As for the people, well, let’s just say we could go a long way in learning from them about warmth and genuine friendliness. Build a...
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September | 2013 | Confessions of a Naked Pastor
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Confessions of a Naked Pastor. Archive for September, 2013. Hold Them Close, Lord. Posted by: Rick Boyes. On September 5, 2013. Elaine Olson Ph. D. Hold Them Close, Lord. Courage Worth Living For. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 14 other followers. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Follow “Confessions of a Naked Pastor”. Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. Build a website with WordPress.com.
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Courage Worth Living For | Confessions of a Naked Pastor
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Confessions of a Naked Pastor. Posted by: Rick Boyes. September 20, 2011. Courage Worth Living For. For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion. 2 Tim. 1. The questions of “why God? 8221; were only matched by my own silence and tears and I gently hugged her in that hotel lobby. I felt cowardly. As I weigh each in my hands, why is it that there seems to be such a paradox? I’m sure that hours of Christian counseling would provide me with the answe...
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Experiencing Him | Confessions of a Naked Pastor
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Confessions of a Naked Pastor. Posted by: Rick Boyes. July 8, 2011. People sometimes talk about finding the will of God as if it is some great accomplishment, or about doing the will of God as though it is some kind of great achievement. While the question of the will of God for our lives is perhaps the greatest journey that a man or woman may embark on in their lifetime,. We often lose sight of the true goal along the way. To get involved in. Maybe it’s, “When was the last time I was. I am so grateful t...
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Hold Them Close, Lord | Confessions of a Naked Pastor
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Confessions of a Naked Pastor. Posted by: Rick Boyes. September 5, 2013. Hold Them Close, Lord. Two weeks ago Cheryl and I moved our eldest daughter, Ashley, to Ottawa to begin graduates studies. I was going to post a blog about it that weekend, but hesitated in not wanting to come off as a sappy, crying dad saying good-bye to his little girl. (I did that in private.). In these relatively few days of adjustment I have had some time to reflect. Wait a minute, wasn’t it just a metaphor? Our children look, ...
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Transformation | Confessions of a Naked Pastor
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Confessions of a Naked Pastor. Posted by: Rick Boyes. January 27, 2012. The Transformed Life in Christ. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God. S mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God. His good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:1,2. This year, we are asking God to bring about a change in our lives, our families and our church or spiritual community. For some of us...
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