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119. A House Made of Trees

by | October 28, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Welcome to Greatheart’s Table, the podcast for pastors and those who care for them. In this episode I want to take you on a tour around our small suburban house, to consider the trees in our yard. I assure you that you have not accidentally linked to a podcast on home...
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118. Love and the Murderous Pastor

by | October 21, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

A couple of months ago, I mused here about Jesus’ call that we love others. A Christianity that cannot walk in love with one another and with the world is not a Christianity that reflects the one we claim to follow, and so we must lean into it. And while the phrase...
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117. The Fear of Woman Is (NOT) the Beginning of Wisdom

by | October 7, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

I don’t often respond to current events. I work so slowly that by the time I have a response, the event is no longer current and has been forgotten. Nevertheless, my concern in this episode is one that continues to be raised, and so the time feels right to address it...
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RDC 1. The Power of Pastors’ Wives

by | September 30, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

I’d like to welcome everyone to the inaugural “Rainy Day Conversation around Greatheart’s Table.” These are longer conversations in which I invite some smart, insightful, and experienced people to talk and to reflect realistically on some aspect of pastoral ministry,...
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119. A House Made of Trees

Oct 28, 2024 |

Welcome to Greatheart’s Table, the podcast for pastors and those who care for them. In this episode I want to take you on a tour around our small suburban house, to consider the trees in our yard. I assure you that you have not accidentally linked to a podcast on home...

read more

118. Love and the Murderous Pastor

Oct 21, 2024 |

A couple of months ago, I mused here about Jesus’ call that we love others. A Christianity that cannot walk in love with one another and with the world is not a Christianity that reflects the one we claim to follow, and so we must lean into it. And while the phrase...

read more

Hey there, I'm

Randy!

The author and pastor behind Greatheart’s Table. I currently pastor Covenant Presbyterian Church in Oviedo, Florida and teach preaching as a visiting lecturer at the Orlando campus of Reformed Theological Seminary.
My years of pastoral experience have fed my concern for the ordinary pastor. Pastors, particularly those of smaller churches, long to be validated and encouraged but are often instead beaten down by the enormous and unreachable expectations of modern Christian culture. I began writing and producing Greatheart’s Table to provide an alternative narrative that encourages pastors, especially those in smaller churches, to be comfortable in their pastoral skin. There is great value in simply being a pastor and many pastors, and those who care for them, need to be reminded of that.
Prior to Greatheart’s Table, my writing has appeared in a variety of venues, from the family worship guide As for My House to the web site of The Gospel Coalition. In 2020 Christian Focus Publications published my book Something Worth Living For, a presentation of historic Christianity based upon the content of the Westminster Shorter Catechism. I blog, though less frequently these days, at RandyGreenwald.com.
I grew up in a small town outside Cincinnati, Ohio. After graduating from Michigan State University I taught seventh-grade English for three years before attending and graduating from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. I pastored a church on Florida’s gulf coast for twenty-five years before being called to my current church in 2010. I am married to Barb and we have been blessed with six children and an innumerable multitude of grandchildren.