Pastors sometimes joke, “The Church would be perfect if everyone in it were just like ME.”. This is odd, as the person pastors are most critical of is the person who stares back at them in the mirror.
Month: August 2010
Morphology
I honestly wonder what’s more responsible for the change in the way we pastors think of ourselves. Did our language-shift influence our self-understanding or was it the other way around?
Behind the Pain
Since I began posting the “Painfully Hopeful” strip with regularly I’ve had a lot of folks ask, “How do you do that cartoon thing?” I’ve mentioned that I do it all on my iPhone, but let me take the time to show you the process… Today, I learned another trick that I can do in…
Interrogation
I embrace the need for dogma. I just wish Christians would take the time to learn what it actually IS.
Isolation
No I don’t currently feel this way, nor are the people depicted in this comic targets for this strip (both are wonderful friends, actually). I HAVE felt isolated as I’ve pursued the pastoral vocation in the past, however, and far too many pastors I meet are in this situation. They are isolated not out of…
Baubles
No, I didn’t actually get this call, but I’ve gotten some close to it! This strip sprang from a recent youth ministry event I attended where I felt the presenter kept using the word “contextual” but it kept on meaning “gimmick.”
