Pastors Are Highly Susceptible To The Sin

Stories Are Verbal Acts Of Hospitality.

I Think Pastors Are The Worst Listeners. We're So Used To Speaking, Teaching, Giving Answers. We Must Learn To Be Quiet, Quit Being So Verbal, Learn To Pay Attention To What's Going On, And Listen.

Classically, There Are Three Ways In Which Humans Try To Find Transcendence--religious Meaning--apart From God As Revealed Through The Cross Of Jesus: Through The Ecstasy Of Alcohol And Drugs, Through The Ecstasy Of Recreational Sex, Through The Ecstasy Of Crowds. Church Leaders Frequently Warn Against The Drugs And The Sex, But At Least, In America, Almost Never Against The Crowds.

O God, When My Faith Gets Overladen With Dust, Blow It Clean With The Wind Of Your Spirit. When My Habits Of Obedience Get Stiff And Rusty, Anoint Them With The Oil Of Your Spirit. Restore The Enthusiasm Of My First Love For You.

The Word 'christian' Means Different Things To Different People. To One Person It Means A Stiff, Upright, Inflexible Way Of Life, Colorless And Unbending. To Another It Means A Risky, Surprised-filled Adventure, Lived Tiptoe At The Edge Of Expectation...if We Get Our Information From The Biblical Material, There Is No Doubt That The Christian Life Is A Dancing, Leaping, Daring Life.