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On Being Outed as a Mystery Writer

by | August 17, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Third Monday / August, ’26 Hello! Third Monday posts are more incidental, personal, and situational updates touching on my life in general and on the possibilities and circumstances of ministry. We encourage you to also subscribe to our newsletter. You can do so here....
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Reset 32. I’m Better Than You

by | August 10, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Someone somewhere has said that “comparison is the thief of joy.” It is also the seedbed of all kinds of misery and is the source of a toxicity that has been the ruin of many. It’s hard, especially for those laboring in small churches in small places to believe they...
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159. Of Horses and Living Water

by | August 3, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

I like to think of myself as very orthodox in my Christian ethics, and admitted coward in the face of real or perceived conflict. So, when I am asked the question whether I would or would not tell a sinner to repent, the latter reality can overwhelm the former. ...
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RDC 10B. Just Love

by | July 27, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

This is part two of my interview with Wayne Jacobsen and Tobie Van der Westhuizen concerning their book Just Love: How One Mistranslation Distorted the Gospel. In this half of the interview we hear how Wayne and Tobie understand the law of God, particularly as it is...
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On Being Outed as a Mystery Writer

Aug 17, 2026 |

Third Monday / August, ’26 Hello! Third Monday posts are more incidental, personal, and situational updates touching on my life in general and on the possibilities and circumstances of ministry. We encourage you to also subscribe to our newsletter. You can do so here....

read more

Reset 32. I’m Better Than You

Aug 10, 2026 |

Someone somewhere has said that “comparison is the thief of joy.” It is also the seedbed of all kinds of misery and is the source of a toxicity that has been the ruin of many. It’s hard, especially for those laboring in small churches in small places to believe they...

read more

159. Of Horses and Living Water

Aug 3, 2026 |

I like to think of myself as very orthodox in my Christian ethics, and admitted coward in the face of real or perceived conflict. So, when I am asked the question whether I would or would not tell a sinner to repent, the latter reality can overwhelm the former. ...

read more

Hey there, I'm

Randy!

The author and pastor behind Greatheart’s Table. I currently pastor Covenant Presbyterian Church in Oviedo, Florida.
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.