Good word, Brother Werntz. Calls to mind the need for ministers TO HAVE THE TIME AND SPACE, provided them by elders and servants of the church, to read widely, to visit the cafes and pubs, to listen to local radio -- to be public figures before they're expected to be public intellectuals.
Also, I am glad one of the areas you know at expertise levels is shoddy B-grade films. Lord knows I can't talk baseball past the dugout over a backgammon board.
Very good. I have always hated pastoral activism but the sheer harm that the outside world is doing to our congregations has made me feel recently that I must engage in my ham-fisted way. I say, 'A shepherd who watches his flock being mauled and justifies himself by saying that he wasn't called to protect against 'that kind of wolf' is a pretty poor shepherd.'
I don't like what being involved in this way does to me though. It felt more pure to be outside of it all. But I believe the harm being done to God's people is real.
Good word, Brother Werntz. Calls to mind the need for ministers TO HAVE THE TIME AND SPACE, provided them by elders and servants of the church, to read widely, to visit the cafes and pubs, to listen to local radio -- to be public figures before they're expected to be public intellectuals.
Also, I am glad one of the areas you know at expertise levels is shoddy B-grade films. Lord knows I can't talk baseball past the dugout over a backgammon board.
Well said!
Very good. I have always hated pastoral activism but the sheer harm that the outside world is doing to our congregations has made me feel recently that I must engage in my ham-fisted way. I say, 'A shepherd who watches his flock being mauled and justifies himself by saying that he wasn't called to protect against 'that kind of wolf' is a pretty poor shepherd.'
I don't like what being involved in this way does to me though. It felt more pure to be outside of it all. But I believe the harm being done to God's people is real.