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What They Didn’t Teach in Seminary—Thank Goodness.

Posted on May 28, 2015January 29, 2021 by ptsblog

It’s a genre now: the article or blog post about how seminary fails to teach the practical things pastors need to know. “Five Things They Didn’t Teach in Seminary.” The piece usually mentions monthly finance reports and broken air conditioners. I’m sympathetic. For five years I co-pastored an urban church with my wife. Each month,…

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Deflate-Gate and Christian Ethics

Posted on May 20, 2015January 29, 2021 by ptsblog

Last week the National Football League handed down a four game suspension for Tom Brady of the New England Patriots for his part in deflating footballs before a playoff game this past year. The team was also penalized $1 million and 2 future draft picks. If you turned on ESPN recently you saw all kinds of debates in…

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Gentrification Conversation: Part Two

Posted on May 18, 2015January 29, 2021 by ptsblog

I didn’t notice any trouble until he called the police–I was too distracted by the sunlight. Our kitchen windows are six feet tall, and on sunny afternoons like this one, the yellow walls gleamed, the dirty dishes on the counter shone. Thump, thud. It was still early spring, and the windows were closed, muffling the…

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