“There is no one person who is a clearinghouse for all the wisdom you need in your life. There is a constellation of sages, I think, that the Lord will situate around all of our lives.”
“Find people who have lived interesting lives.”
“Let’s not glamorize this. We don’t need to go chase a bunch of celebrities. But I’m saying, who are the 80-year-olds that you would love to…look like? Take them out and see what you can find.”
“We don’t live in an honor/shame society that values our elders. So how do we as church leaders make decisions that will indicate to our church, ‘This is how we need to be living’?”
“I think in the local church there ought to be Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, all represented.”
“We have been trained to be impatient. We have been trained to microwave our way through life, and the Kingdom of God doesn’t work like this. A beautiful life is built on decades.”
“All the good stuff happens slowly.”
“Much of pastoral ministry as we see it practiced today is an exercise in impatience.”
“I think we need to live with all our chips on the table with the understanding that we’re calling people into is this long, slow obedience that’s going to take them the rest of their lives.”
“Whether you’re [the pastor of] a small church or a big church, you’ve got to know what you’re going up against and then stand against those local idolatries.”
“Pastoral ministry has to be contextual.”
“Brothers and sisters, don’t mail it in when you hit 65. You’re just coming into your years of influence and strength.”
Mentioned in the Show by Daniel Grothe
Chasing Wisdom: The Lifelong Pursuit of Living Well by Daniel Grothe
The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction by Eugene Peterson
New Life Church
Old Testament
Parable of the Sower
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