The greener pasture is tilled and nurtured. If you cannot figure out how to raise a greener pasture where you are, you should be extra cautious about bringing whatever has made your pasture patchy to a place where it is healthy.       When I first stepped into the pastorate, I had big ideas about preaching, theology and mission. While those dreams were not wrong, they were incomplete. I wrestled with the tension between my expectations and reality early in ministry. I thought ...