This post continues my reflections on Eugene Peterson’s book Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity, which began as an attempt to honor Peterson's influence upon me while also reconsidering the essential aspects of pastoral ministry that Peterson affirms. The book explores what he calls the holy trigonometry of pastoral ministry, built around three angles of ministry: …
Real Shepherds: Thomas Oden on pastoral leadership as service
In Thomas Oden's Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry, he takes one chapter to reflect on the analogy of pastor as shepherd. In the midst of that chapter, he strikes at the heart of what I think is missing within much of pastoral ministry as it is currently practiced in North America: pastoral authority approached as service. The …
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Thanksgiving Offering 2018
Each year at Eastbrook Church, we designate the offering for our Thanksgiving Day service to help international partners who are in the midst of challenges or have a pressing need. This year’s offering focuses on two wonderful ministries in Africa. If you haven’t had the chance to contribute to this year’s Thanksgiving offering, you can …
Hearing with Our Eyes [Working the Angles with Eugene Peterson, part 6]
Over the past several weeks, I have been reflecting on Eugene Peterson's book Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity. I am doing this in part as a way to honor the numerous ways that Peterson shaped my approach to pastoral ministry, but also as an attempt to reconsider - and perhaps recover - the …
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