Comments on: The Three Most Important Words in Ministry http://bedeviant.com/the-three-most-important-words-in-ministry Faith & Culture Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:29:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Justa Givner http://bedeviant.com/the-three-most-important-words-in-ministry/comment-page-1#comment-4528 Justa Givner Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:30:36 +0000 http://www.bedeviant.com/?p=2523#comment-4528 Whoa! Now that's "thinking differently." <br><br>When I think of the years I spent putting up with the ones who should have been tossed behind the fence. Yikes. It's enough to make a grown man cry. <br><br>Freedom!<br><br>Thanks for blowing the box to smitherines, Justin. Whoa! Now that's “thinking differently.”

When I think of the years I spent putting up with the ones who should have been tossed behind the fence. Yikes. It's enough to make a grown man cry.

Freedom!

Thanks for blowing the box to smitherines, Justin.

]]> By: Justin Wise http://bedeviant.com/the-three-most-important-words-in-ministry/comment-page-1#comment-4529 Justin Wise Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:44:18 +0000 http://www.bedeviant.com/?p=2523#comment-4529 Here are the ones that work best for me and my ministry setting:<br><br>1. No more than two nights away from the home per week (there are exceptions, of course, but this is the norm.)<br>2. My home is my sanctuary. There is no revolving door. The people who come over are invited over after careful consideration.<br>3. I work no more than 45 hours per week. If it can't get done in that amount of time, it needs to wait.<br><br>That's what works for me and my family. Here are the ones that work best for me and my ministry setting:

1. No more than two nights away from the home per week (there are exceptions, of course, but this is the norm.)
2. My home is my sanctuary. There is no revolving door. The people who come over are invited over after careful consideration.
3. I work no more than 45 hours per week. If it can't get done in that amount of time, it needs to wait.

That's what works for me and my family.

]]> By: Justin Wise http://bedeviant.com/the-three-most-important-words-in-ministry/comment-page-1#comment-4530 Justin Wise Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:38:38 +0000 http://www.bedeviant.com/?p=2523#comment-4530 Love them boundaries! The book is pretty good too. Love them boundaries! The book is pretty good too.

]]> By: Justa Givner http://bedeviant.com/the-three-most-important-words-in-ministry/comment-page-1#comment-2951 Justa Givner Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:30:36 +0000 http://www.bedeviant.com/?p=2523#comment-2951 Whoa! Now that's "thinking differently." <br><br>When I think of the years I spent putting up with the ones who should have been tossed behind the fence. Yikes. It's enough to make a grown man cry. <br><br>Freedom!<br><br>Thanks for blowing the box to smitherines, Justin. Whoa! Now that's “thinking differently.”

When I think of the years I spent putting up with the ones who should have been tossed behind the fence. Yikes. It's enough to make a grown man cry.

Freedom!

Thanks for blowing the box to smitherines, Justin.

]]> By: Justin Wise http://bedeviant.com/the-three-most-important-words-in-ministry/comment-page-1#comment-2950 Justin Wise Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:44:18 +0000 http://www.bedeviant.com/?p=2523#comment-2950 Here are the ones that work best for me and my ministry setting:<br><br>1. No more than two nights away from the home per week (there are exceptions, of course, but this is the norm.)<br>2. My home is my sanctuary. There is no revolving door. The people who come over are invited over after careful consideration.<br>3. I work no more than 45 hours per week. If it can't get done in that amount of time, it needs to wait.<br><br>That's what works for me and my family. Here are the ones that work best for me and my ministry setting:

1. No more than two nights away from the home per week (there are exceptions, of course, but this is the norm.)
2. My home is my sanctuary. There is no revolving door. The people who come over are invited over after careful consideration.
3. I work no more than 45 hours per week. If it can't get done in that amount of time, it needs to wait.

That's what works for me and my family.

]]> By: Justin Wise http://bedeviant.com/the-three-most-important-words-in-ministry/comment-page-1#comment-2945 Justin Wise Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:38:38 +0000 http://www.bedeviant.com/?p=2523#comment-2945 Love them boundaries! The book is pretty good too. Love them boundaries! The book is pretty good too.

]]> By: facebook-500838439 http://bedeviant.com/the-three-most-important-words-in-ministry/comment-page-1#comment-2939 facebook-500838439 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:51:07 +0000 http://www.bedeviant.com/?p=2523#comment-2939 What boundaries have you found most useful to set in ministry? I find boundaries in general in ministry to be very difficult to set...My husband and I are pastors... What boundaries have you found most useful to set in ministry? I find boundaries in general in ministry to be very difficult to set…My husband and I are pastors…

]]> By: Matt http://bedeviant.com/the-three-most-important-words-in-ministry/comment-page-1#comment-2937 Matt Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:53:25 +0000 http://www.bedeviant.com/?p=2523#comment-2937 Tough words. But you're right, they're important. Tough words. But you're right, they're important.

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