12 [Reset]. Lighten up and Fly Bright

Pastoral ministry is serious business. And, as we know from the Spiderman movies, with great seriousness comes great responsibility (or something like that). I suggest here that we are responsible from time to time to lighten up. A congregation needs a pastor with a...

121. Doubt, Belief, and the Thoughtful Pastor

No one would really dress pastors in capes and ask  them to stop a runaway locomotive of to faster than a speeding bullet. And yet, we can forget that they, or we, are human. Pastors are humanly subject to the same struggles and afflictions and, yes, doubts, as...

120. Canyons

Some of the truest things every spoken have been spoken through story, through fiction. What follows here then is fiction in a genre I have dubbed “pastoral horror.” It’s brief, and for some it will be unsettling and for others it will be resonant. Either way, it...

14 [Reset]. The Un-Busy Pastor

I’m Randy Greenwald and this is Greatheart’s Table, the podcast for “busy” pastors and those who care for them. I’ve put quotes around “busy” because this is the second of two reset episodes from first released in August of 2021 on the subject of the “busy-ness” of...

13 [Reset]. The Busy Pastor

With this episode and the next I reset and re-release two episodes from August of 2021. As we all know, to be busy and to be a pastor are co-morbid conditions. But should they be? There will always be things to do. But are they the right things? Thanks for listening....

119. A House Made of Trees

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...