by Stephen Phelps | May 24, 2020 | identity, spiritual community, spiritual practice
The organizer of a congregation’s adult forum asked me to present a talk in a series on “hospitality.” I was asked to reflect from my pastoral experience on “hospitality toward the clergy.” Here was an unusual opportunity to bring attention to organizational and spiritual development at a critical inflection point in their story.
by Stephen Phelps | May 24, 2020 | identity, spiritual community
In the first ten days of my ministry here, two people died. Of course, I had no knowledge of either or of their families–I was completely new to the town. And completely new to pastoral ministry! Very quickly, I learned something about pastoring quite unusual and worthy of remark: it works!
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