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Why Can't a Great Big God Help Some People?

Pastoral Ponderings | November 13th 2009

I have been thinking about people that I know that seem to have great big problems. In fact some of them think that their issues are so big that they are impossible to deal with and are being consumed by them. There are those with parent/child issues read more

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Haciendo memoria junto al equipo de sacerdotes para las villas de…

Misioneros en Camino | November 12th 2009 by CAMINO MISIONERO

Por Di Paola, José MaríaPublicado por CriterioA partir del debate siempre abierto sobre la realidad social de las villas de emergencia en la ciudad de Buenos Aires y de la acción pastoral de la Iglesia, Criterio solicitó a José María Di Paola, read more

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Biblical Confessions to Build Your Faith

The Radical Life | November 8th 2009 by Andy Robinson

I thought I would re-publish this again as it is such a good resource and one I am using myself as a study/prayer tool right now. Biblical Confessions to build Your Faith by Larry Tomczak is just an incredible way of speaking concentrated truth from read more

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La Iglesia exhorta a reforzar la Pastoral de la Calle

Camino Misionero | November 7th 2009 by CAMINO MISIONERO

Documento final del I Encuentro Europeo sobre esta realidadesPublicado por ZenitUsuarios de la carretera y del ferrocarril, mujeres y niños de la calle y personas sin hogar son las cuatro categorías de personas frente a las cuales la Iglesia debe p read more

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Fondue

JK Fowler: Gossamer Notes | November 5th 2009 by JK Fowler

Barbara Wagner always loved a good fondue. Dried meats, toasted breads, succulent chunks of pork, slices of roast duck: she enjoyed dipping things. Taking foodstuffs in her pudgy fingers, she would renew them in a  baptism of melted cheese, cackle w read more

TCRobinson

Tithing and Clergy Salaries: Sore Spots on the Wallet

New Leaven | November 4th 2009 by tc robinson

So if you’re part of a denomination or fellowship that requires tithing to pay for your pastor’s salary, according to Frank Viola and George Barna, you’re engaging in “a harmful practice that has no root in the New Testament&# read more

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Pastoral del duelo: la ‘mano’ que consuela y evangeliza

Camino Misionero | November 1st 2009 by CAMINO MISIONERO

Por H. Ramón Martín Rodrigo*Publicado por Vida Nueva La realidad de la muerte también tiene solución, cuando somos capaces de encontrarle un sentido, de encajarla en la luz de la esperanza cristiana y de estar dispuestos a poner en marcha todo lo read more

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Personal Private Suffering II

Apostolic Messenger | October 31st 2009 by Daniel

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him” James 1:12 I just read a blog I posted some time back. Man it hit me so hard. I h read more

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Lágrimas pelo Evangelho

Práxis Cristã | October 30th 2009 by Mauricio Abreu de carvalho

Edemir AntunesQuando os seus esforços para promover o perdão, a unidade, o cuidado, a reconciliação e o entendimento a partir do Evangelho não dão resultados... ame, acarinhe e ore mais em favor das pessoas embrutecidas por suas escolhas, seus read more

Being God????

Pastoral Ponderings | October 30th 2009

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Tenth of All Candy!

Pastoral Ponderings | October 30th 2009

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TCRobinson

The Pastor: Obstacle To Every Member Functioning

New Leaven | October 29th 2009 by tc robinson

This chapter was rather personal for me.  Up to this point, I had been in partial agreement with Frank Viola and George Barna, especially in their critique of church buildings.  But the pastor! To Viola and Barna the modern day pastor is an easy read more

Where Did You Come From?

Pastoral Ponderings | October 28th 2009

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Nordic pastoral scenery

Standby Tire | October 25th 2009 by fenyu

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Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Pastors!

Pastoral Ponderings | October 23rd 2009

Enjoyed Pastor's Appreciation Sunday this past weekend. Glad they didn't show this video! I was moved to tears- hahahahaha!If you don't see video, go to www.pastordavidkerr.blogspot.com read more

Leadership Checkup #2-

Pastoral Ponderings | October 21st 2009

Much has been written on leadership. We have countless books telling us how to be great leaders. Seminars abound for training on leadership.But so often what is missing are the hidden characteristics of the true leader. Here are some reflections that read more

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in which Ms Baroque communes with nature, and Patrick Kurp steals…

Baroque in Hackney | October 21st 2009

You know: the one where the Buddhist goes up to the hotdog stand, and the guy says, “What can I get you?” and the Buddhist says, “Um, yeah, can you make me one with everything?” “Hey, you said there was a branch of Fopp read more

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Country Dreams

Peripheral Vision - Inner Sights by Lynda Lehmann | October 16th 2009 by Lynda Lehmann

Grazing - Image c Lynda Lehmann 2009Country Dreams - Image c Lynda Lehmann 2009I was enchanted by these idyllic scenes of a pasture in autumn, with grazing cows and horses. It was such a peaceful and dreamlike scene, with the muted colors of a somew read more

Leadership Checkup-

Pastoral Ponderings | October 16th 2009

Much has been written on leadership. We have countless books telling us how to be great leaders. Seminars abound for training on leadership.But so often what is missing are the hidden characteristics of the true leader. Here are some reflections that read more

TOXIC- Overcoming Bitterness

Pastoral Ponderings | October 12th 2009

See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. Heb 12.15Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Eph 4.31In this life you are g read more

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Dating Non-Christians. Is it OK?

The Radical Life | October 8th 2009 by Andy Robinson

This subject is by far the one I am asked about most often by single people. It is the most visited page on my blog and the most downloaded document on this site. I have therefore revised a my “Can I Date a Non-Christian” to include some read more

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Remarried, and Ordained?

Sanctifusion | October 4th 2009 by Robert Easter

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From Empty to French and Shabbily Romantic in a Day

The Thrift Shop Romantic | October 4th 2009 by Jenn Thorson

Those of us thrifty folks do ourselves a serious service by planning ahead. I knew there would come a day when the friend who was renting from me would be able to purchase a home of her own and the extra bedroom she occupied would be a blank canvas o read more

TCRobinson

Bishop N.T. Wright and The New Living Translation (NLT)

New Leaven | October 1st 2009 by tc robinson

In many ways, the New Living Translation (NLT), which is built on the Kenneth Taylor’s Living Bible, fills a great void in the world of English Bible translations: it’s not too loose and not too rigid and wooden. But if one is sympathetic read more

caminomisionero

Noreste Argentino: Una religiosa tiene su propia fórmula para sa…

Misioneros en Camino | September 27th 2009 by CAMINO MISIONERO

Publicado por Valores ReligiososLa hermana María Alcira inició un trabajo social que redujo a cero la desnutrición infantil, casi erradicó la violencia y disminuyó fuerte la deserción escolar. Las claves de una labor ejemplar que es tomada como read more

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O SENHOR TE DÊ A PAZ | September 26th 2009 by Wander

Atendimento médico gratuito Casc oferece consultas médicas com apoio de voluntários. O Centro de Assistência Social de Campinas, oferece consultas em diversas especialidades para pessoas carentes que procuram atendimento no local e tem encontrado read more

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If I Were a Pastor Again: Five Things I would Do Differently

New Leaven | September 23rd 2009 by tc robinson

Maybe you’re a pastor, or maybe you want to pray for your pastor.  At any rate, I hope you find the following  from Thom Rainer helpful: Before becoming a seminary dean and LifeWay president, I served four churches as pastor. Can I really be read more

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La Pastoral juvenil necesita ‘nuevos aires’ para evangelizar

Camino Misionero | September 21st 2009 by CAMINO MISIONERO

Publicado por Vida NuevaDistintas iniciativas analizan y desarrollan recursos para que los jóvenes “se sientan Iglesia”“A los jóvenes les cuesta descubrir a Dios, que ya está presente en sus corazones, y a nosotros –Iglesia– nos cuesta r read more

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A Puritan Pastor On Islam

5ptSalt | September 21st 2009

On November 5, 1642 Rev. Matthew Newcomen, the Puritan Minister of the Gospel at Essex, England delivered a sermon before the Honorable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament. The sermon was titled The Craft and Cruelty of the Church’s Adversari read more

What Really Does Matter?

Pastoral Ponderings | September 21st 2009

A short video that won the VFS and YouTube “What Matters to You” Scholarship Competition. Written, directed and animated by Christopher Harrell.How about you- what are you doing with your life? read more