The Role Of The Pastor Is To

"sabbath Is Not Primarily About Us Or How It Benefits Us; It Is About God, And How God Forms Us. It Is Not, In The First Place, About What We Do Or Don't Do; It Is About God - Completing And Resting And Blessing And Sanctifying. These Are All Things That We Don't Know Much About......but It Does Mean Stopping And Being Quiet Long Enough To See - Open-mouthed - With Wonder - Resurrection Wonder.....we Cultivate The "fear Of The Lord". Our Souls Are Formed By What We Cannot Work Up Or Take Charge Of. We Respond And Enter Into What The Resurrection Of Jesus Continues To Do."

That's Why I Tell Stories: To Create Readiness, To Nudge The People Toward Receptive Insight. In Their Present State They Can Stare Till Doomsday And Not See It, Listen Till They're Blue In The Face And Not Get It.

Religion Is A Very Scary Thing, Because A Pastor Is In A Position Of Power. And If You Use That Power Badly, You Ruin People's Lives, And You Ruin Your Own Life.

God Made My Life Complete When I Placed All The Pieces Before Him. When I Got My Act Together, He Gave Me A Fresh Start. Now I'm Alert To God's Ways; I Don't Take God For Granted. Every Day I Review The Ways He Works; I Try Not To Miss A Trick. I Feel Put Back Together, And I'm Watching My Step. God Rewrote The Text Of My Life When I Opened The Book Of My Heart To His Eyes.

There Is Nothing Terribly Difficult In The Bible - At Least In A Technical Way. The Bible Is Written In Street Language, Common Language. Most Of It Was Oral And Spoken To Illiterate People. They Were The First Ones To Receive It. So When We Make Everything Academic, We Lose Something.