I recently had the opportunity to gather together with a small group of DOXOLOGY alumni to discuss ways of improving the DOXOLOGY program, how to reach more pastors, and the like. One of the topics which came to mind was the question of time management. I thought y’all might appreciate some of my thoughts on [...]
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…and the Word became Flesh and dwelt among us….Browsing Posts tagged Ministry
Task/Project/Time Management and the Pastor
June 9, 2011
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On Calls in the LCMS Today
May 5, 2010
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the situation of pastoral calls in the United States today. For those who do not know, this past week was Call Week at both of our LCMS seminaries. The LCMS Joint Seminary Fund recently put out their little PDF file listing where everyone is going, if you’re interested (with some tragic [...]
My memory of Pastor Ness
February 5, 2010
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I spend a lot of time with children in my daily work as a pastor. A lot of that comes from our congregation’s joint school, Christ Lutheran Academy. We also have a pre-school, Little Lambs Learning Center, and I have first communion/confirmation instruction for 4-7th grade. Plus I do things on the side for Higher [...]
Ministering as if already dead
March 6, 2009
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I heard an essay/interview on NPR last night about a soldier in Iraq who suffered from post-traumatic stress. One of the things that he said which really flooded me was that he became much more effective as an officer when he had resigned himself to the fact that he was going to die in Iraq, [...]
123 Meme « Esgetology
December 4, 2008
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My friend Christopher Esget tagged me on this a while back, so I’ll show it to you: Turn to page 123 of the book nearest to you. Count the first five sentences. Post the next three. The book is Pastors in Transition: Why Clergy Leave Local Church Ministry, by Dean R. Hoge and Jacqueline E. [...]
Off to Doxology
November 21, 2008
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I am off to the second part of my Doxology “Advanced Training in Pastoral Care.” This is, in my opinion, one of the best things going on in the Missouri Synod. Enough saving organizations. I want to learn how to be a better pastor and theologian. God bless. I’ll post if I’m able. -LL
The Pastor and The Snow
March 11, 2008
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If you were to peek your head into a pastor’s conference, one of the things you would find a common topic of conversation is all of the “non-pastoral” work that pastors end up doing. Things like shoveling the walk, mowing the grass, lights, fundraising, organizational administration, even (gasp!) working on the church computers. Pastors, being [...]
The Pastor and the Boards
January 29, 2008
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The Holy Ministry has changed over the last hundred years. No, not the Word and Sacrament part, but just about everything else: hymnals in the pews, language, electronic organs, bulletins, cars, telephones, computers, sound systems, boards and meetings. Boards? Meetings?
The pastor and the congregation
January 24, 2008
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It is very good, from time to time, to reflect as a Church about the nature of who we are in Christ, and of where and how God works in our midst, giving us the forgiveness of sins, life and salvation. For Lutherans, we are very familiar and comfortable with phrases like “Word and Sacrament,” [...]
