http://pastorforlife.org/when-crisis-comes-home/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:19:25 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://pastorforlife.org/when-crisis-comes-home/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Bernie Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:09:57 +0000 http://pastorforlife.org/?p=123#comment-88 The Chaplain work is an honored place - draining, often times insignificant in the moment, but later you realize seed have been planted or watered and God gives the increase. You possess an amazing heart. I know a pastor who never had a large church (whatever that is) never recieved awards, but built people and found his way to Police Chaplaincy. As he grew near retiring from the pastorate of his last church - he asked the new pastor if he could simply stay on and support him. To which the pastor said: "NO - get out" This older pastor had built a few sanctuaries and fellowship halls with his hands - been faithful for over 40 years and was told to get out by a younger and insecure pastor. When I interviewed the faithful giant, he said: "Bernie, what I have is not a church, not a pulpit, but I do have the chaplaincy and in many ways the things I have accomplished there are my greatest victories and allow me a sacred trust behind the blue line of police work. There is nothing like it and I know one thing, no one at my station will ever tell me to get out - saved or unsaved." The Chaplain work is an honored place – draining, often times insignificant in the moment, but later you realize seed have been planted or watered and God gives the increase. You possess an amazing heart. I know a pastor who never had a large church (whatever that is) never recieved awards, but built people and found his way to Police Chaplaincy. As he grew near retiring from the pastorate of his last church – he asked the new pastor if he could simply stay on and support him. To which the pastor said: “NO – get out” This older pastor had built a few sanctuaries and fellowship halls with his hands – been faithful for over 40 years and was told to get out by a younger and insecure pastor. When I interviewed the faithful giant, he said: “Bernie, what I have is not a church, not a pulpit, but I do have the chaplaincy and in many ways the things I have accomplished there are my greatest victories and allow me a sacred trust behind the blue line of police work. There is nothing like it and I know one thing, no one at my station will ever tell me to get out – saved or unsaved.”

]]> http://pastorforlife.org/when-crisis-comes-home/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Jan Owen Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:30:31 +0000 http://pastorforlife.org/?p=123#comment-86 Paul, I know - to some degree - what you mean. When our pastor's wife died due to suicide we had to change everything. Life as normal stopped. Different things had to be done. We all had to become flexible and adjust. The thing that we really most needed to do was to really not let ourselves get in the way but do what needed to be done. I urge you to rest and not get too exhausted yourself. You yourself will feel grief and sorrow and will need time to process all of that. Yes, this is your mother speaking. :) Paul, I know – to some degree – what you mean. When our pastor’s wife died due to suicide we had to change everything. Life as normal stopped. Different things had to be done. We all had to become flexible and adjust. The thing that we really most needed to do was to really not let ourselves get in the way but do what needed to be done. I urge you to rest and not get too exhausted yourself. You yourself will feel grief and sorrow and will need time to process all of that. Yes, this is your mother speaking.

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