No doubt my wife has been my life & spiritual partner for the past 19 years. However, she is my lovely wife, not my mentor. Although I have learned lots of life wisdom from her...
Sometimes I feel pretty lonely as I do not have spiritual mentors whom I could turn to while I encounter various church issues & ministry challenges. I missed the time in the seminary when I could always ask various questions from some professors with spiritual insights. It is a drawback when an inexperienced pastor became a lead pastor -- not by my own choice, but a calling I could not refuse years ago -- as you lead the church, it is hard to have spiritual mentor & partner inside the church...
I was so glad this week when I met another pastor from another city during our district conference. We both feel the importance of spiritual disciples. We both enjoy reading books by Richard Foster, Eugene Peterson & Henry Nouwen. I don't know when I will talk to him again, but I decide to pray to God for spiritual mentor & partner, here in Ottawa, & maybe even at OMAC...
"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another" (Proverbs 27:17).
Showing posts with label Spiritual Formation (靈命塑造). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spiritual Formation (靈命塑造). Show all posts
Thursday, May 30, 2013
A Revival Retreat
A friend from another sister church invited me to attend a pastoral retreat last week. It took me 1 hour to get to the retreat side outside the city. When I drove along Ottawa River against the morning traffic, my heart started to praise the Lord for His creation...
The speaker, a fellow pastor from the US, has deep passion & conviction for spiritual formation & spiritual disciples. As a pastor (and a lead pastor particularly), I often feel overwhelmed by various ministries, e-mails, meetings, visitations & sermon preparations. This one-day retreat reminds me that I am a child of God, a husband & a father before being called to lead the congregation & take care of the flock. Once again I am reminded that "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Guess what? I started to write my spiritual journal again. It was almost 7 years ago, a period of discernment & uncertainty about the future after seminary, when I wrote my spiritual journal intensively.
I pray that I will be drawn closer & closer to Him every single day, not only during the retreat day.
I pray that everyday I will have time for spiritual retreat in the midst of busyness...
The speaker, a fellow pastor from the US, has deep passion & conviction for spiritual formation & spiritual disciples. As a pastor (and a lead pastor particularly), I often feel overwhelmed by various ministries, e-mails, meetings, visitations & sermon preparations. This one-day retreat reminds me that I am a child of God, a husband & a father before being called to lead the congregation & take care of the flock. Once again I am reminded that "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Guess what? I started to write my spiritual journal again. It was almost 7 years ago, a period of discernment & uncertainty about the future after seminary, when I wrote my spiritual journal intensively.
I pray that I will be drawn closer & closer to Him every single day, not only during the retreat day.
I pray that everyday I will have time for spiritual retreat in the midst of busyness...
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