by rg7878 | Mar 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
This episode is a reset of one which originally aired in September of 2021. That was a heavy time, and this, a consideration of pastoral playfulness, seemed particularly necessary. That necessity, sadly, remains. There is so much that can weigh us down, that we forget...
by rg7878 | Mar 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
I mentioned in a previous Third Monday post my intention of now and then spending some time reflecting on the insights into pastoral ministry from the unlikely source of 2 Chronicles. I want to ease into that by considering the spirit and tone of the whole book and...
by rg7878 | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello. I’m Randy Greenwald. Welcome to Greatheart’s Table. Imagine John Lennon as a pastor. It’s easy, if you try. Okay, maybe it’s not that easy. But it’s easy to imagine the song he might have written had he been a pastor: You may say that I’m a cynic,but I’m not...
by rg7878 | Feb 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’re new, head back to episode 67 to find what’s up here. That episode is titled “Mr. Greatheart and his Metaphorical Table.” In short, our desire is to encourage pastors. But we find that the net that is cast is much broader, and that many others in ministry, as...
by rg7878 | Feb 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
I write to encourage pastors, particularly those weary or beaten down, those needing to be reminded of the value of what they do regardless of the unrelenting expectations of modern church culture. As pastors we fill a prophetic role. What to speak, how to speak...
by rg7878 | Jan 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Those feelings of doubt and disorientation which we’ve come to know by the name of “imposter syndrome” are not the exclusive experience of one profession or activity. But they’re well known to pastors. Pastors of small or struggling congregations may feel these things...
