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GREEN PASTORS: A Theology of Hopeful Resolve
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I enjoy having my books neatly organized and categorized on the shelves. The Dewey Decimal System sorts my non-fiction books, while my fiction literature is arranged by the author’s name, with one exception. The spines of More’s Utopia and Orwell’s 1984 rest against each other. It’s a personal joke I made a couple of years ago. Most people wouldn’t notice the anomaly, and even fewer would catch its significance. It serves as a reminder for me to live out the gospel by keeping the ...
GREEN PASTORS: The Myth of the Perfect Church
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...