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Properly Valuing Your Pastor
As I continue to dig out from under the backlog of pastor’s blog entries…
HT: Aardvark Alley for a new entry on my blogroll, Rev. Tim May’s On the Lutheran Church and Her Liturgy.
Pr. May has a particularly nice posting from Oct 19, entitled The Gift of Pastors (Eph 4:11-16), in which he expounds in a most edifying way on the subject of properly valuing the God-given gift & blessing of faithful pastors. His words are worth much consideration.
I am constantly aware of the blessing that God has given me & my family in the gift of our pastor (Pr. Joe Ostafinski). A faithful undershepherd is an unfortunately uncommon thing these days. As the sheep are called to judge the teachings of the undershepherd, so are we called to protect him. I consider it an honor to learn from Pr. Ostafinski, as well as to work with him in my vocation as a congregational Elder, assisting him & protecting him as he carries out his vocation as a called & ordained servant of the Word.
As we embark on a new Church Year, let us all be ever mindful of the gift God has given us in our pastors!
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