Adapting to the First Year of Pastoral Ministry: An Interview with Ken Simpson (Part Two)
Read Part One of this interview here. Readers may listen to the interview here, or read the transcript below. ____________________ JW: You’ve often told me and others that they really aren’t going to be seen as the pastor for perhaps at least 3 or 4 years. And I’m sure you don’t mean to suggest that it’s always that long—perhaps it may take longer to gain credibility, or even shorter in some cases. What are the factors that determine...
Adapting to the First Year of Pastoral Ministry: An Interview with Ken Simpson (Part One)
Ten years ago I had the privilege of taking a pastoral ministry seminar at Welch College entitled “Adapting to the First of Pastoral Ministry.” The course title reflects something important to all who enter ministry. Yet it was the instructor for this course that gave it its value. It was taught by Ken Simpson, who was then in his first pastorate in the greater Kansas City area. Following his time earning a master’s degree from...
Ministering Well in the Middle
by Frank Owens “Some pastors and preachers are lazy and no good. They do not pray; they do not read; they do not search the Scripture…This evil, shameful time is not the season for being lazy, for sleeping and snoring” [1]. Here Luther reminds us that ministry requires vigilance at every stage of ministry, especially in the middle and later years. When speaking of “the middle” I’m primarily referring to that age between 40-55, where...
Top Books Read in 2013
by the Helwys Society In a recent post, Forum contributors shared their favorite books from 2013. However, regular readers know that we believe that history often helps provide the best perspective on what is really significant. In that spirit, we also want to highlight select publications that weren’t published in 2013, but nevertheless were read and digested by our contributors in the past year. While some titles are still more...
Top Books Published in 2013
Each year, members of the Helwys Society have the opportunity to read and review many books. Insomuch that we find these books significant or useful, we try to bring that information to the attention of readers. In the next two posts, we intend to do that by highlighting our favorite books published in 2013, and then we’ll follow that by highlighting books from pre-2013 that we may have happened to read this year. We trust this will...
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