FIRST-PERSON: You are not the church
I had arrived in Nepal less than 24 hours before. That was an experience. Coming off the plane, the airport was packed with jostling people speaking a language I could not understand. Hustlers were eager to take advantage of foreigners, quickly carrying my bags without asking and then demanding a tip. Thoughts entered my mind about whether I had just made a serious mistake traveling halfway around the world to the foothills of the Himalayas. I felt like a speck that would get lost in this ocean of people and never be found again.
Pastoring through an election year
This year no doubt will be filled with a perpetual barrage of politics. From Super Tuesday to November 5, our church people will be bombarded with political ads, phone calls, news segments and presidential debates. As pastors, how do we pastor through a year like this?
