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54. The Precarious Dance of Ambition and Contentment

by | September 26, 2022 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

One of the things people gathered around a table can do for each other is to listen to them and when able to help them reorient their lives toward proper expectations. If our kids are unruly, for example, we can talk about it with others who might remind us that they...
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53. Horton Hears a First United Apostolic Pentecostal Church of God in Christ

by | September 12, 2022 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

When I have had the opportunity to meet some of you, I’m been impressed with the fact that we are all so different. We are different as pastors, as people, as churches, but our hunger is the same: to do and to be what and who God desires of us. I hope these posts help...
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52. A Pastoral Riddle

by | September 5, 2022 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Pastoral ministry can pose many riddles for the pastor. But in this episode, I'd like to pose one ABOUT the pastor. If you are able to help support Greatheart's Table, you can use the link below. Of course, there is no obligation to do so. Also, do review this podcast...
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51. Overload of the Negative

by | August 22, 2022 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Rick Blaine, Humphrey Bogart’s tough skinned character from the movie Casablanca is both idealistic and deeply cynical. Rick lets no one close and expects life to end poorly, and yet he relinquishes what is most precious to him for the sake of others. He’s hard not to...
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52. A Pastoral Riddle

Sep 5, 2022 |

Pastoral ministry can pose many riddles for the pastor. But in this episode, I'd like to pose one ABOUT the pastor. If you are able to help support Greatheart's Table, you can use the link below. Of course, there is no obligation to do so. Also, do review this podcast...

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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.