George Herbert on the pastor’s care in conversation

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 11 March 2015
Type Blog Post

In today’s extract, Herbert has some idealistic hopes about how a pastor ought to engage in conversation.

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George Herbert on the travelling pastor

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 10 March 2015
Type Blog Post

In today's extract from Herbert's manual on ministry, he talks about how pastors should behave when they are on the road.

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George Herbert on the pastor as father

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 9 March 2015
Type Blog Post

In today’s brief portion of Herbert, pastors are challenged to have a fatherly affection and concern for their congregations.

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George Herbert on the pastor comforting

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 7 March 2015
Type Blog Post

In today’s reading from Herbert’s description of an “ideal pastor”, he talks about how to comfort the afflicted.

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George Herbert on ministerial visits

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 6 March 2015
Type Blog Post

In today’s instalment from George Herbert’s description of an ideal minister, he discusses weekday visiting.

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George Herbert on the church building

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 5 March 2015
Type Blog Post

In today’s slice of Herbert, we hear about how the ideal pastor should order their church building, with decency for the sake of edification.

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George Herbert on the pastor and poverty

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 4 March 2015
Type Blog Post

Today’s portion of George Herbert’s portrait of an ideal pastor focuses on the pastor’s engagement with poverty.

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George Herbert on the pastor’s hospitality

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 3 March 2015
Type Blog Post

In today’s slice of Herbert, the poet-priest sets before us the ideal pastor and his practice of hospitality.

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