Tag: scripture
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How pastors (shouldn’t?) care…
A few thoughts on pastoral care, in my latest column in the Christian Courier. __________________ You would think that pastoral care would be a straightforward practice at this point in the church’s history. After all, we have centuries’ worth of pastoral images to work with. In Psalm 23 and the prophecy of Ezekiel we discover…
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Let’s not cheat ourselves. Encountering Jesus. 3/5
The gates of Jerusalem are busy places. There are so many people coming and going – whether for religious festivals, or for trade and commerce, or for administrative purposes. The flow of people is almost nonstop at these gates – through these portals into the city. There is a pool near one particular gate of…
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