Tag Archives: pastoral care

CompSec and Surveillance

Posted on December 19, 2024 by ehurst

Let’s talk about practicalities: What should you do about online surveillance? Notice that I didn’t say, “What could you do…” The starting point is to discern what your convictions require of you. Should you fight it? How hard? Only you … Continue reading →

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Kiln of the Soul: Layers

Posted on January 8, 2024 by ehurst

We continue where I left off with the previous post: The core of our fellowship is people deeply committed to Christ, with the kind of faith that keeps them clinging to Him through disasters. This is the first and most … Continue reading →

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Shepherd Dreams

Posted on October 9, 2019 by ehurst

There’s one thing that keeps me going: I have a dream that I will one day lead in a covenant fellowship somewhere on this earth, that I will be a part of a church that takes at least some of … Continue reading →

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Dig the Bunker

Posted on August 12, 2019 by ehurst

Just so you’ll know ahead of time, it’s unlikely there will be any new insights to share in the near future. That is, I’m quite certain we’ll be granted fresh clarity that more tightly weaves together our understanding of revelation. … Continue reading →

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Faith and Pedophiles

Posted on March 18, 2019 by ehurst

What happens when a pedophile becomes a heart-led servant of Christ? If you go by the experience of mainstream American Christianity, you don’t have a clue. The mainstream churches have no plan for dealing with moral and spiritual recovery of … Continue reading →

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Bonfire Visions

Posted on June 14, 2018 by ehurst

I’m struggling. Where do I find the words for this, when it drives me so very hard and I cannot be silent? The urgency itself is beyond words. Does it strike you as odd that something granting us such limitless … Continue reading →

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It Would Work without Me

Posted on February 16, 2015 by ehurst

The word “faith” itself connotes an ultimate confidence in things we cannot possibly understand, much less control. I can tell you that it’s there. I can show you what it does to me when I touch it. My words just … Continue reading →

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Pastoral Note on Mission and Tribulation

Posted on January 23, 2015 by ehurst

For those of you who regard yourselves as members of this virtual parish: There will be — must be — a meat space component to this ministry sooner or later. It is the one career for which I am best … Continue reading →

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The Pastoral Burden

Posted on December 29, 2014 by ehurst

I’m a beast of burden, made and called by God to carry the load. Over the weekend, our subscriber roll swelled by over a dozen. I’m cynical enough to bet that WordPress simply isn’t telling me when people drop their … Continue reading →

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