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Jeremy McQuown Jeremy McQuown

Marco Polo and a Pastor's Need to be Known

Certain pressures accompany the role of pastoral ministry. If pastors don't have a way to relieve that pressure, their world can easily become dark, lonely, and isolated. It's similar to the one in the pool with their eyes closed calling out “Marco!" But they find no one to respond.

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Victor Marte Victor Marte

Amistad, una Relación más Elevada

Las redes sociales se jactan de poder enlazar una red de amistades, pero la realidad es que la gran mayoría de los usuarios solo logran tener muchos conocidos, pero muy pocos amigos. Por otro lado, para los pastores y ministros cristianos, debido a las demandas del ministerio, desarrollar amistades profundas se complica. La amistad es una relación de ecuanimidad y equidad que necesita ser cultivada todos los días.

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While social networks boast of being able to link a network of friends, the reality is that the vast majority of users only manage to have acquaintances, but very few friends. Often for pastors and Christian ministers, the demands of the ministry make it very complicated to develop truly deep friendships. Friendship is a relationship of balance and equity that needs to be cultivated every day.

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Marie Burrus Marie Burrus

Sharpen Your Axe

Pastors, what are the tools you use most? How can sharpening those pastoral tools make you more effective with less effort?

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Marie Burrus Marie Burrus

Marco Polo and a Pastor's Need to be Known

Certain pressures accompany the role of pastoral ministry. If pastors don't have a way to relieve that pressure, their world can easily become dark, lonely, and isolated. It's similar to the one in the pool with their eyes closed calling out “Marco!" But they find no one to respond.

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Josh Ellis Josh Ellis

What Do You Do All Week?

If you ask me today, “What do you do all week?” and then again next week, the answers will probably be different.
Like everyone else on the team, I love churches. I love bringing them together, and I love helping them share the love of Jesus effectively.

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