Here are the five top things I like about serving as the pastor of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church:
1. Studying for, preparing, and delivering Sunday morning messages.
2. Conceiving and then carrying out an entire series in which we take a fresh look at an ancient subject. By working with a team on such projects, the end result is far beyond the initial concept. The ones I feel best about are There’s An App For That (the book of Proverbs), Rubber, Meet Road (the book of James), and Oddballs (a series on holiness).
3. Making videos like the one posted yesterday.
4. Walking with people in times of grief. I don’t like it as in, “hey, this is fun!” but as in “this is what the church is all about.”
5. Old-fashioned pastoral visits. There is still nothing quite like sitting in someone’s family room, finding out about their life and what brought them to this church, and then praying together. It’s the kind of treat that is increasingly rare as the church grows and life speeds up.
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I’m really enjoying the top five Tuesday.
Last week had me listening to the Eagles. This week has me turning to scripture. How cool is that!
While the series mentioned in #2 from today were great, do you see a series of “Attitude Adjustment” coming in the near future?
What I mean by this is scripture taken from Matthew 5 1-48, better known as the beatitudes.
I struggle, to say the least, with this passage of scripture. Starting around verse 17 and going through verse 48, Jesus wants us to “be perfect”, “cut our hands off if they bring us to sin” and “gouge our eyes out”.
Maybe Chris could incorporate some cool “Attitude” music?
Just sharing my thoughts while sitting here at a keyboard.
May the Lord continue to bless you and your ministry Talbot.
Back in 2003, we had a series called “Adjusting Your Attitude.”
But it may be worthy of a follow up!