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Monday Morning Reflection: The Last Days
As I worked on my sermon for Pentecost this last week, I was struck by Peter’s interpretation of what had just happened. The people in Jerusalem hear the disciples speaking in tongues and ask, “What does this mean?” Peter responds by quoting from the prophet Joel: “In the last days, God says, I will pour Read more
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Monday Morning Reflection: On Reading Fiction
Reading fiction should be part of every pastor’s job description. Most pastors read often, but if a pastor’s reading consists only of Bible commentaries and leadership books, then their reading is anemic. A good novel is more helpful for the work of pastoral ministry than over 99% of “pastoral leadership” books on the market. Fiction, Read more
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Monday Morning Reflection: When You Disagree With Your Pastor
There are a few good reasons to leave a church, but many bad reasons. One of the worst reasons to leave is that you disagree with something your pastor says in a sermon. Now, to be clear, true heresy is another matter (and we need to know the difference between a disagreement and heresy). If Read more
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Monday Morning Reflection: Bono, Barth, and Why I Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
“I still haven’t found what I’m looking for…” These words from U2 have had a profound impact on my understanding of the life of faith. For years I heard these words as a song expressing a lack of faith. As Augustine famously said, “My heart is restless until it rests in thee.” I would hear Read more
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The Good Big, Bad Wolf
It’s been a while. Our plan was to start out strong in 2024 and that did not happen. We even recorded this episode back in January, but were interrupted (Elliana’s show ended, Sam woke up from his nap) and told each other we would finish the recording “in a few days”. March, Take 2. The Read more
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Monday Morning Reflection: Dune, Messiahs, and the Cross
Last week I went to see Dune: Part Two for the second time. Being a parent of young children, going to the movies is a bit of a rarity. So for me to go see a movie twice in a theatrical run is as big of a compliment as I can give it. Dune: Part Read more
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Hi! Our names are Andrew and Amanda Sinift. Andrew is a pastor in Washington State as part of the Church of the Nazarene. We felt like there were lots of resources and podcasts for large churches, but not necessarily for the small, local church – even though it makes up 80% of churches. We wanted to fill that gap so that other pastors know they are not alone in the struggles and oddities of ministry.
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