Tag: Faith struggles
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On Being a Doubter-Sensitive Church
I had a conversation with someone the other day on the sidewalk in front of church. I was picking up some trash that always blows into our bushes from the park across the street. A person stopped and asked me some questions about our church, which I answered. I told him about our Saturday morning…
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Ministry is terrific…or is it terrible?
There is someone who would often ask me, “so how was work with God today?” This was of course referring to the fact that I am a pastor and with the assumption that I get the ability to spend every day in some kind of special divine fellowship. This is true insofar as we all,…
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Reflections on my faith and the Church
I have been reflecting on reasons why people leave the church, stay in the church, or return to the church. This also began making me reflect on why I am still a part of the church, and why I am a pastor of a local church. I have been connected to a church ever since…
Matthew van Maastricht 