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I resonated with this piece when I read it today. There is a certain arrogance to the need to qualify our ambitions quite so much as we seem to want to do. Pastoral work is a noble ambition. We don’t all need to be “renewal experts” and such. I remember one of my mentors taking me to 1 Timothy 3:1 where it says that the desire to be an overseer is a good thing. I trust that God is still gifting, calling, and leading many of us.

http://www.credomag.com/2/post/2011/07/just-say-you-want-to-be-a-pastor.html