The Authority and Vulnerability Paradox
Andy Crouch, partner for theology and culture at Praxis, shares…
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- A chocolate milkshake with my pastor, Al Kroeker, when I was in high school sparked 40 years of ministry. He suggested I’d make a good pastor. No thanks, I told him, I want to be a doctor. Upon reflection, this was an early lesson in ministry: Being a pastor isn’t about wanting to be a pastor; it’s about accepting God’s call. Over time, I did. Nothing but God’s call could ever sustain a pastor in ministry. I know. My calling to ministry, particularly as a local church pastor, was initiated and sustained by the encouragement and prayers of God’s people […]
- They have Jesus this time. They know it too, as they rub their hands together gleefully. Off and on for three years the religious leaders have been trying to get him, to trap him into saying something that will either make his people reject him or the authorities arrest him. And now they have come up with the perfect question, a question that damns Jesus no matter how he answers it, a loaded question, one that will trap him either way. They approach him, albeit a bit apprehensively. They know Jesus is clever. But they are confident in their trap. […]
- USMB Gathering 2024, held July 23-27, in Omaha, Nebraska, marked transitions in national conference staff. Aaron Box, a USMB pastor from Eugene, Oregon, was introduced as the new national director while retiring national director Don Morris and USMB staff members Donna Sullivan and Lori Taylor were recognized for a combined six decades of service. Box, whose appointment as the lead national staff member was announced in May, addressed delegates Friday morning in a message that touched on the convention theme and outlined his vision for U.S. Mennonite Brethren. Saying that there can be no spectators as USMB moves forward, Box […]
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