Posted in Pastoring on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In this chapter Herbert recommends that a Pastor takes time to reflect on his parishioners, particularly to consider sins that would not be so obvious. I find three things particularly insightful.
We should take time away, regularly, from doing work in our church to think and pray and reflect on things. Herbert knows we need distance [...]
Posted in George Herbert, Pastoring on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This week’s chapter from George Herbert’s The Country Parson is a longer one, I’ll post the full thing today, commentary will follow later.
THe Countrey Parson at spare times from action, standing on a hill, and considering his Flock, discovers two sorts of vices, and two sorts of vicious persons. There are [...]
Posted in Pastoring on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jeff over at the Pastor’s Desk had an interesting Sunday.
Posted in George Herbert, Pastoring on January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
WHensoever the Countrey Parson proceeds so farre as to call in Authority, and to do such things of legall opposition either in the presenting, or punishing of any, as the vulgar ever consters for signes of ill will; he forbears not in any wise to use the delinquent as [...]
Posted in Pastoring, Rural Life on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ministering in a rural area gives me interesting opportunities, this weekend I participated in a memorial service for a soldier who was lost behind enemy lines in World War II.
His nephew, who has been keeping up the small family cemetery that is on a hill overlooking a branch of the Tennessee river, wanted to put [...]
Posted in George Herbert, Pastoring on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
THe Countrey Parson, if there be any of his parish that hold strange Doctrins, useth all possible diligence to reduce them to the common Faith. The first means he useth is Prayer, beseeching the Father of lights to open their eyes, and to give him power so to fit his discourse to [...]
Posted in Pastoring, quotes on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We never find a presbyter in the singular in the New Testament. He is always a member of a team. In the modern church, the ordained man is almost always on his own in the community, . . . We expect the ordained man to be almost omnicompetent, and complain at his deficiencies.
-E.M.B. Green
Posted in Pastoring on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Peter Mead on his blog Biblical Preaching had a good idea for considering those God has given to nurture us. Check it out here.
Posted in George Herbert, Pastoring on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
THe Countrey Parson desires to be all to his Parish, and not onely a Pastour, but a Lawyer also, and a Phisician. Therefore hee endures not that any of his Flock should go to Law; but in any Controversie, that they should resort to him as their Judge. To this end, he hath gotten to [...]
Posted in Funny, Pastoring, Rural Life on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We gather, as many churches do for a devotional reading and song before we divide up into our Sunday school classes. It’s led by a layman so I was sitting in a pew and just before the the service started a wave sorta rose through the pews (back to front instead of side to [...]
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