A pastor reflects on a career of idealism, disillusionment, and finding grace in unexpected moments of ministry.
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A pastor reflects on a career of idealism, disillusionment, and finding grace in unexpected moments of ministry.
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One pastor's journey from idealism, through disillusionment, to an acceptance of grace After forty years as a Presbyterian pastor, Douglas Brouwer wondered if he had spent his life, as the author of Ecclesiastes laments, "chasing after wind." What did all the hard work on evenings and weekends and holidays, away from his family, amount to? What was there to make of the long string of petty conflicts and the overwhelming feeling of disillusionment? And in the current age of shrinking mainline chu...
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Central focus on Christian ministry, clergy life, and spiritual reflection.
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Brief mentions of cultural shifts in mainline churches.
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