Gaye Clark–Before You Phone Your Preacher

We often feel slighted or ignored if the senior pastor isn’t right there when we call him. We wonder if he truly cares about us, question whether he’s a people person, and whine about feeling unheard. Note the irony: We bypass the God of all creation on our quest to meet with someone higher up the church org chart.

Sometimes it’s best to carry our personal needs directly to God. But when you feel the need to call your pastor, when he asks, “What can I do for you?” say that you want to spend a few minutes praying with him, asking God to do something awesome in your church. He just might faint.

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Posted in * Christian Life / Church Life, Ecclesiology, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Pastoral Theology, Spirituality/Prayer, Theology

One comment on “Gaye Clark–Before You Phone Your Preacher

  1. A Senior Priest says:

    There’s much to be said about this phenomenon but the article is so rambling and anecdotal as to be nearly incomprehensible to me. Reads like a novel.