Dear pastor, Have you ever had the privilege of pastoring a strong-willed person? Hopefully you are already smiling at my use of the word “privilege.” Ministry is already hard enough without putting strong-willed, obstinate, cantankerous and contentious people into the mix. And yet that is precisely what many of us face week in and weekContinue reading “Pastoring contentious people”
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The purpose of the church
The purpose of the church is to be the church To exist. To belong to God. To belong to each other. The purpose of the church is to exist and to live in holy communion. What is the end goal? The end goal of the church is to be: to be in existence, to beContinue reading “The purpose of the church”
Being present
Dear pastor, What if your presence with them was enough? But what if your presence was enough? What if God is simply asking you and me to be present to the person in front of us? I believe that we set ourselves up for failure and place unnecessary, unrealistic and impossible expectations on ourselves becauseContinue reading “Being present”
Pastor Michael Johnson 