by rg7878 | Apr 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome to this third Monday edition of a “Rainy Day Conversation around Greatheart’s Table.” This episode is a continuation of a conversation that began on March 31 on the reading life of pastors (and other humans). If you missed that first episode you can go back...
by rg7878 | Apr 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hi! Thanks for joining us around Greatheart’s Table. If you are new, I particularly welcome you. Our goal is to start and sustain conversations that help pastors thrive, but we find that these things have meaning for people in all life situations. So whatever your...
by rg7878 | Apr 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello! I’m Randy Greenwald, and welcome to Greatheart’s Table. Cue the celebratory music! This begins year five of Greatheart’s Table. When I began I wasn’t sure I had enough material to last a year, and here we are pressing on with enough ideas in the vault to...
by rg7878 | Mar 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello, everyone. Welcome to another “Rainy Day Conversation around Greatheart’s Table.” Unlike the short content that is normal for this space, in these conversations I invite other voices to share their observations and expertise regarding pastoral practice,...
by rg7878 | Mar 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello! Welcome to Greatheart’s Table, the podcast for pastors and those who care for them. I’m Randy Greenwald. Surprisingly, to me, with this episode we wrap up four years of episodes. If you’ve been with us for a short time or for the entire journey, I’m glad you...
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...
