Bringing the gospel to bear

Pastoral work is concerned always with the gospel of God’s redemption in, through, and as Jesus Christ, no matter the presenting problem that someone brings.  Pastoral work, by definition connects the gospel story, that is, the truths and realities of God’s saving economy, with the actual lives and situations of the people. Purves, Reconstructing Pastoral Theology. … Continue reading »

Pastor-theologian

I think I’ve discovered how I want to spend the rest of my life.  Listen to this… One cannot be a pastor without also being a theologian, one who speaks and lives knowingly out of the center of the ecumenical, catholic, and evangelical faith of the church. Andrew Purves in Reconstructing Pastoral Theology.