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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009Part 7 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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To this point, my Advice for Pastor Search Committees includes the following:
1. Seek first the kingdom of God.
2. Pray without ceasing.
3. Be open to God’s surprises.
4. Exercise endurance and beware of exhaustion.
5. Represent your church accurately.
6. Get the true […]
Get The True “Downside” on Candidates
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009Part 6 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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So far in my series, Advice for Pastor Search Committees, I’ve suggested the following:
1. Seek first the kingdom of God.
2. Pray without ceasing.
3. Be open to God’s surprises.
4. Exercise endurance and beware of exhaustion.
5. Represent your church accurately.
Once again, […]
Represent Your Church Accurately
Monday, February 9th, 2009Part 5 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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So far in my series, Advice for Pastor Search Committees, I’ve suggested the following:
1. Seek first the kingdom of God.
2. Pray without ceasing.
3. Be open to God’s surprises.
4. Exercise endurance and beware of exhaustion.
Today I want to address an […]
Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
Sunday, February 8th, 2009What Can We Do If the Foundations of our Own Lives Collapse?
READ Psalm 11:1-7
“The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?”
Psalm 11:3
In the original sense of Psalm 11:3, the foundations are the pillars of social order. Yesterday’s Daily Reflection focused on this meaning of the foundations. Yet as I […]
Knighted . . . at Last!
Saturday, February 7th, 2009Move over Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John. I have been knighted . . . at last!
It happened last Tuesday at the staff meeting of the H.E. Butt Foundation, the parent organization of Laity Lodge. There, the accounting department of the Foundation presented me with the prestigious Sword Award. No, it had nothing to […]
Nurturing Openness and Avoiding Exhaustion
Friday, February 6th, 2009Part 4 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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So far in this series I’ve served two morsels of advice for pastor search committees:
1. Seek first the kingdom of God.
2. Pray without ceasing.
Today I’ll add two more morsels to the list.
3. Be open to God’s surprises
Most search committee […]
Pray Without Ceasing
Thursday, February 5th, 2009Part 3 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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Today I continue to offer some advice for pastor search committees. And today, like yesterday, my counsel is a brief quotation from Scripture. Yesterday I urged pastor search committees to “Seek first the kingdom fo God” (Matt 6:33). Today’s […]
Seek First the Kingdom of God
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009Part 2 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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In my last post I began a series for pastor search committees. Today I begin offering some bits of advice for those who are charged with seeking a new pastor for their church.
My first word of counsel will sound […]
Advice for Pastor Search Committees: An Introduction
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009Part 1 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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For some odd reason, these days I seem to have several friends who are serving on church committees charged with seeking a new pastor. They have asked me, not only for suggestions of potential pastoral candidates, but also for […]
Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
Sunday, February 1st, 2009“There Is No God”
READ Psalm 10:1-18
For the wicked boast of the desires of their heart,
those greedy for gain curse and renounce the LORD.
In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”;
all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”
Psalm 10:3-4
Throughout Britain these days, buses are displaying signs paid for […]
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