tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post110058741621646145..comments2023-07-11T08:11:27.571-04:00Comments on Ragamuffin Ramblings: Looking for "my place in this world"Steve F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12697100521186605498noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1100757842054989222004-11-18T01:04:00.000-05:002004-11-18T01:04:00.000-05:00It sounds like God, Steve. Reminds me of Jesus' t...It sounds like God, Steve. Reminds me of Jesus' teaching that unless a seed falls to the ground and dies, it can't live. I believe this is true of spiritual callings as well as our own righteousness. Rick's testimony is a great example of this.<br />To quote another musician, "The waiting is the hardest part."Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11044580896933265651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1100657400960004672004-11-16T21:10:00.000-05:002004-11-16T21:10:00.000-05:00Hello Steve,
Great posting, with much resonance h...Hello Steve,<br /> Great posting, with much resonance here. <br /><br /> When my wife was ordained and we moved to her settlement charge ( a pastorate that the national church matches with a newly-ordained minister; it's a requirement of ordination that ordinands are settled first--later, they can seek their own pastorate. Clear as mud?) in a small town in rural Manitoba, I became unemployed, Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16052081819882002321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1100636426839407302004-11-16T15:20:00.000-05:002004-11-16T15:20:00.000-05:00hey steve,
have you ever thought of para-church m...hey steve,<br /><br />have you ever thought of para-church ministry?? congregational-less, but full of opportunity and most of the time a paycheck. i think most ministries would love a theologically trained employee. just a thought.bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236324338161051924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1100621977702038612004-11-16T11:19:00.000-05:002004-11-16T11:19:00.000-05:00Steve - these are wonderful words. I need to read...Steve - these are wonderful words. I need to read them again, more slowly, and digest them because there are many threads come together as I read.<br />Thank you for your honesty that speaks to me today. THese words of Michael Smiths' song are powerful. This question of who am I, what am I here for are ancient and current. They are the call of the soul for living, for breathing, for hope. Mystephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11623010590528627303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1100621517201106182004-11-16T11:11:00.000-05:002004-11-16T11:11:00.000-05:00Hey bro,
In 1997 my wife came to me and said we n...Hey bro,<br /><br />In 1997 my wife came to me and said we need to go check seminaries. We had left great jobs in TV advertising and two six-figure incomes. The seminary I was going to attend needed a marketing person and my wife and I agreed that we would "tag-team" for them. They would get both of us for 1/10th of what we made + tuition. We saw using our experience and gifts as a form of New Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328837865727756374noreply@blogger.com