“We always give thanks for you…” It think it is the most
important element of pastoral ministry – especially when the ministry is not
pastor or parishioner pleasing. That is because God has called both parishioner
and pastor into a relationship for the sake of the Gospel so that their mutual work
of faith, labor of love and steadfastness of hope might be made known in the Macedonia
and Achaia and the other places of our day and age. Truthfully we cannot serve
the living and true God unless we turn from the idols of judgmental attitudes, personal
preferences and intransient positions. It does not mean we agree on everything or
one side always has to give in to the other or that the way to an attitude of gratitude
will be easily achieved. It does mean we accept and acknowledge that we are all
equally and dearly loved by God and act accordingly.
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