Note from CM: Eugene Peterson died yesterday. He was the pastor’s pastor, and a delightful, important subversive voice in today’s church culture. Peterson was my pastoral hero and (book-)mentor. One of my greatest regrets is knowing that he pastored in the town where I lived while a teenager and I never attended his church. IContinue reading “Matt B. Redmond on Lessons Learned from Eugene Peterson”
Category Archives: Pastoral Ministry
The Pastoral Ministry of Absence
The Pastoral Ministry of Absence There is a fine and thought-provoking article at CT by Stephen L. Woodworth called, “The Ministry of Absence.” In it, Pastor Woodworth uses personal anecdotes from his ministry along with insights from Henri Nouwen to encourage pastors to remember that, in the final analysis, people need God and not theContinue reading “The Pastoral Ministry of Absence”
Wednesday with Michael Spencer: On Preaching Principles
Note from CM: Michael cared deeply about worship and preaching. Many of his posts over the years were about how the evangelical world he knew and observed had traded good preaching in for methods that compromised proclaiming the gospel of grace in favor of “relevant” messages about “Christian living” and “sin management.” Today’s post isContinue reading “Wednesday with Michael Spencer: On Preaching Principles”
The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care (4)
The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care Part Four: Why do we have the Bible in the first place? What is the Bible? And what is it for? Yesterday’s post highlighted the fact that I have come a long way from some of the common evangelical understandings about how to answer those questions. TheContinue reading “The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care (4)”
The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care (3)
The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care Part Three: Drawn to the Religionless These first few posts in this series are autobiographical, tracing my journey as a minister within the world of evangelicalism. I’m doing this with the goal of putting some “flesh” on the subject. In posts to come, we’ll look at someContinue reading “The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care (3)”
The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care (2)
The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care Part Two: A World Between Sundays In part one, I said that my first congregational ministry experience changed something inside me and made me more open to the work of pastoral care. However, I must also admit that a battle about this raged inside me when IContinue reading “The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care (2)”
The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care (1)
The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care Part One: The Birth of a Pastor I have been serving as a hospice chaplain for almost thirteen years now, so my daily work involves visiting those who are in the final season of life, along with their families, friends, and caregivers. Before that, I was inContinue reading “The Use of the Bible in Pastoral Care (1)”
Another Look: The IM Interview with Chaplain Mike (2)
Note from CM: Before I started writing for Internet Monk, Michael Spencer asked me to do an interview about Evangelicals and Pastoral Care for the Dying. I’m working on some upcoming posts about using the Bible in ministry and pastoral care, and in preparation I thought it might be good to revisit this seminal discussion. Today,Continue reading “Another Look: The IM Interview with Chaplain Mike (2)”
Another Look: The IM Interview with Chaplain Mike (1)
Note from CM: Before I started writing for Internet Monk, Michael Spencer asked me to do an interview about Evangelicals and Pastoral Care for the Dying. I’m working on some upcoming posts about using the Bible in ministry and pastoral care, and in preparation I thought it might be good to revisit this seminal discussion. •Continue reading “Another Look: The IM Interview with Chaplain Mike (1)”
Poetry Week: From an Interview with Eugene Peterson
Note from CM: If you’ve read Internet Monk for any length of time, you know that both Michael Spencer and I have benefited immensely from the work of Eugene Peterson. For many, many reasons, not least of which is Peterson’s love for language and his insistence on rich conversation as a main ingredient of pastoral work.Continue reading “Poetry Week: From an Interview with Eugene Peterson”
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