Sentences with phrase «think about ministry»

Protestants do not think about ministry in terms of spiritual direction.

It's also a good idea to think about ministry opportunities, opportunities for reaching out to your community.

Modern vagueness in thought about the ministry appears in the uncertainty of the churches, the ministers themselves, of boards and schools about the nature of the call.

The evidence that perplexity and vagueness continue to afflict thought about the ministry is to be found today in the theological schools and among ministers themselves.

Not exact matches

And given that Minister Bill Bennett promised to resign if it was found his ministry had information about this tailings pond, I think the question has to be asked: is the minister being protected by withholding this information?»

I have thought more about church finances in the last 8 months than in all of my previous years of ministry combined.

He made his life about ministry and spreading the good news because I think he saw and experienced so much and may have done some things himself that didn't sit right in his heart.

Any book will fall short of meeting every situation, but this one is a good general call to at least think about our personal ministry and how it applies to group ministry.

GET THE ORIGINAL OR PRINT OF THIS CARTOON Since we're on a roll about the role of women in the church and in ministry, I thought I'd post this other old favorite.

This is for pastors struggling with the ministry, who are leaving the ministry or thinking about it, or who have already...

Many pastors today are resigning from full - time ministry... or at least thinking about it.

I was fired by a ministry organization for reading about things that the founder of the organization didn't think I should be reading.

I certainly find these ministries to be bloated and impersonal, and I think sometimes it is difficult to have any sort of transparency about where the tithe and offering money goes in these organizations.

Over the past several years, I have experienced a huge paradigm shift in my thinking about life and ministry.

Also, think about getting involved with some of the organizations and ministries around the country that are seeking to help rescue these young girls and show them how precious and valuable they truly are.

Several years of prison ministry have convinced me that there are substantial parallels between what we think about incarceration and how we understand salvation.

You'd think I'd learn and start practicing the traditional ministry model I was taught and have read about where the pastor keeps some emotional distance from the congregation.

The confusion in modern Christendom about the meaning of the ministry makes itself evident in uncertainty about pastoral authority as well as in the vagueness present in thought about pastoral functions.

The mystique surrounding pastoral care is another example of dualistic thinking about the church and ministry.

Looking back upon his ministry in later years, he confessed, «About midway in my ministry, which extends roughly from the peace of Versailles to the peace of Munich, measured in terms of Western history, I underwent a fairly complete conversion of thought which involved rejection of almost all the liberal theological ideals with which I ventured forth in 1915.»

Speaking in general about his ministry, he has said, «We play games with God when we think we own anything.

They think nostalgically about a time — actually rather short — when the brightest college graduates sought a career in the ministry.

You can't stop thinking about the beginning, the romance, the way God felt in your heart, in your body, when you first began ministry.

Maybe you have some preconceived idea about how all church ministries should function, and then someone comes along and does things differently, and you find yourself thinking, «That's not ministry.

But isn't that exactly what John thought about Jesus» ministry?

We discovered the key to this was that the persons who had first influenced them to think about entering the ministry had much to do with their concept of the ministry.

I think he was asking about condemning people, telling them they are going to hell, and banning them from ministry because they are living in persistent adultery.

That means that the pastor can influence the way the people of God think about the church, ministry, their families, and all of life.

But then I get second thoughts about Paul, who, with both his genius and his humility, was nevertheless going to fight all corners who said he was not a true apostle — even though he did not meet the formal apostolic criterion of having known Jesus in his earthly ministry.

Iâ $ ™ ve been thinking a bit about ministry and what it means to be a pastor.

I will write some posts later this week about how this can happen, but for now, think about the freedom and flexibility you would enjoy in pastoral ministry if you did not have to worry about a paycheck from the church.

I thought about the women who followed Jesus through his ministry and then stood with Mary at the cross when all but one of the male disciples had fled for their lives.

I think this was most exciting for me because it was mostly about the life and ministry of Jesus, and this is a current passion of mine.

I think knowing more about his life before he started his ministry would make him more interesting to people and allow us to embrace our humanness.

What do you think about this kind of ministry?

I woke up a few nights ago thinking about the message Jesus began His ministry with in Mark.

And before Perry goes on a kick that God has called him to the presidency, oh, it's shades of a very famous preacher who once said that God would call him home if he did not receive millions of dollars for his ministry, stop to think about that too.

I am thinking not so much of the theological limits of the papal ministry, about which the Council spoke, as of the practical limits of his influence — above all on the Roman curia, without which no pope can lead the church.

We need a seismic shift in the way we do and think about youth ministry, says Premier Youthwork editor... More

Also it seems that all the real ministry is done by about 1 % of the people who think they have a responsibility to a personal ministry.

Surely Palm Sunday is to be the controlling image for our thinking about the mission of the church and the task of ministry today.

But, I do want to stop and think about the one detail that NewSpring has been clear about: alcohol issues and pastoral ministry, and, though we don't know all the details here, I'll include a bit about the struggle of alcoholism in Christian ministry.

switched to nakedpastor.com... now people think it's just about pastoring and ministry and church.

However, I think there is something utterly banal about the explosiion of discernment ministries.

She is in charge of the children's ministry at our church and this fits what I appreciate and think about her every day!

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Just today I was reading Psalm 37 and thinking about how your ministry provides ways to «dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.»

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