by rg7878 | May 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the U. S., today is Memorial Day, a day for remembering those who have given their lives on behalf of their country. I have distinct memories of, as a child, visiting a cemetery on this day and listening to the sound of taps being played, the bugle in the distance...
by rg7878 | May 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Pastors are always having to decide what to do. In our day of political turmoil, especially, touching as it does on a plethora of deeply meaningful moral concerns many of us feel that we need to do something, and if we don’t, our parishioners as well as internet...
by rg7878 | May 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
The following episode was first aired in September of 2021. The frustration, hopelessness, and caution, it touches upon remain relevant today for pastors and others. We are urged to do something! We are told to act! But what does that mean? What are we to do? What can...
by rg7878 | Apr 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello. I’m Randy, and I pastor a small church. That, of course, is meant to sound like the stereotyped introduction of an AA meeting. But this is not an admission that this idea of “Small Church Thinking” which has occupied us recently arises from my being...
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 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...
