As is my custom, I go to the Psalm appointed for the day to make my plea before God in the pastoral prayer. On this fourth Sunday in Advent 2018 we
A Wedding Pastoral Prayer to Bind Two into One
Welcome. Enter into one of the most pastoral and tender moments in all of life. In my ministry, I have practiced the use of the pastoral prayer in the
A Pastoral Life Cycle from the Biblical Record of St. Paul’s Ministry
The ministry of the Apostle Paul, as recorded in Scripture, affords one example of a pastoral life cycle. It is suggestive, and prescriptive, of how
Little Girl Arise! How Jesus Ministers to Women Today
Mark 5.22-43 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” Mother’s Day is a time for
Church Meetings as Drama: Pastoral Principles for Shepherding Meetings
Oh, the drama of committee meetings at church. Really? Yes. Really. And, oh, the rich pastoral opportunities in those otherwise mundane
“In Jesus Name I Pray:” Exclusivity In Public Prayer and The Restrictive Contours of Civic Pluralism in the early Twenty-first Century
"In Jesus' Name I Pray" seeks to examine the increasingly challenging goal of faithful, authentic Christian public prayer in the antagonistic arena of