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When Pastoral Care Means Taking Care of the Pastor

dee — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:18:34 +0000

"There are pastors who won't go to people's sick beds. How can people of God turn their back on the sick, poor and hungry?" James Robinson Sunset over the Sahara-NASA On Monday, we will look at the 20/20 story on the IFB churches which dealt with sexual and child abuse. What has happened to the role of pastor? I think of the genial Methodist minister who lived up the street who occasionally visited our home, along with the homes of all of our neighbors, for coffee and cookies. He was often found at the local hospitals and nursing homes, visiting church members and even some locals who were not church attendees. He attended Little League games, cheering on the kids from his youth group. He attended school board meeting and gave the occasional prayer. Our Russian Orthodox priest always viited our home. He could be seen dancing the polka at the Polish festivals and kept a similar schedule to his Methodist counterpart. Both men were known, respected and genuinely liked by the community in Salem, Massachusetts. Soon after I became a Christian, I met another pastor who was cut from the same cloth. These Continue reading →

Written by: dee on Fri, Apr 15 2011.

Categories: Abusive church tactics, Authoritarian leadership, Churchianity, Conferences, Ed Young Jr., Musings

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A Powerful Example of Pastor/Member Disconnect

dee — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:12:07 +0000

Categories: Church Rolls, Churchianity

The lack of intimacy in today's churches.

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Worship Wars – Part 1

deb — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:48:42 +0000

Categories: Balance in churches, Churchianity, Contemporary Worship, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Culture and the faith

A discussion of the struggle between traditional and contemporary worship in today's churches.

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Here I Cringe: Of Basket Weaving and Cojones

dee — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:20:03 +0000

Categories: Beth Moore, Blogging and the church, C.J. Mahaney, Churchianity, Role of women in the church, Sovereign Grace Ministries, Theological arrogance

Christians refusing to read anything that isn't their point of view.

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Toxic Faith: Experiencing Healing from Painful Spiritual Abuse

deb — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:40:45 +0000

Categories: Abusive church tactics, Authoritarian leadership, Book Reviews, Church discipline, Churchianity, Spiritual abuse

Book review of Toxic Faith.

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America and the Church: A Discussion

dee — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:34:25 +0000

Categories: Churchianity, Politics and faith

America, faith, and the difference

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Musings on the Differences of Today’s Church and Jesus’ Birth

deb — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:00:54 +0000

Why lies He in such a mean estate, where ox and ass are feeding? NOTE: We will publish only Monday and Tuesday this week. Merry Christmas to all. When I first became a Christian, I went to a rather small church. It was in the Boston area and evangelical Christians were in rather short supply. There was Gordon College and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary but they were tucked away in a small suburb and were easily overlooked in the hubbub of this strong hold of liberal thinking. The pastor of this small church, Howard Keeley, was a kind man with deep thoughts. He often had a couple of students from the seminary come to learn “how to be a pastor” from him. Howard always had time for this questioning teenager. In fact, he made it seem as if I were the most important person in the church. Later, I would come to realize that he made everyone feel that way. It was a small church building, rather utilitarian yet it also seemed like God Himself dwelled in this simple structure. There were the requisite Bean Suppers (after all this was Boston), small Bible studies, and simple services with music Continue reading →

Written by: deb on Mon, Dec 21 2009.

Categories: Christmas, Churchianity

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