Preaching is the aspect of ministry that I miss most
since leaving ministry and yet is the single biggest reason I did leave.
I know one pastor who has
since left the ministry who was told by his authorities that his worship music must always be positive, optimistic and celebratory because that's what people want, that's what will keep them coming, and if you provide it consistently they will become your strongest supporters.
Funny, your life is now more peaceful
since you left ministry.
My life is so much more peaceful
since I left the ministry.
(Slavoj Žižek) Well, it's been a year
since I left the ministry and left the church.
I seriously doubt that life has any ultimate meaning, but I'm convinced that we can make our own meaning, and I have spent the last 45 years
since I left the ministry trying to help people do just that.
The fact that theology is a representation of ourselves and our selfish desires is the basis of something I've said
since I left ministry nearly two decades ago: «If given the choice between discussing theology and getting punched in the dick, I'll take the punch in the dick.
Not exact matches
Even those few who had
left the
ministry sometime
since 1964 had taken jobs connected in some way to their Mississippi experiences.
It's been over two years
since I
left the professional
ministry.
Since she's
left, I'm not speaking to her but instead to those in
ministry who might be lurking here.
bizarrely (or not,
since many teachers see teaching as a kind of
ministry) this applies almost completely to myself as a disillusioned teacher whose next step is
leaving the profession.
As I said yesterday in my prayer from the cell post called «satellite phone», I have this strange feeling of alienation from God
since I
left the professional
ministry and haven't been to church...
It's been 27 years
since I
left the ordained
ministry and at times that decision continues to be a struggle.
I want to share with you one of the major differences in my life
since I
left the professional
ministry.
Factions, disagreements, and open immorality had troubled the Corinthian church
since Paul had
left it, and even the validity of his
ministry was in question there.
Leaving the
ministry was not an easy decision to make
since all my friends and family were in the church.
At this point,
since the leaders of Jewry were out to kill him, Jesus
left Jerusalem and repaired beyond Jordan to the place where his public
ministry began.