Inbox Zero
For the first time in a huge, long while – my email inbox is empty. Continue reading Inbox Zero
Category: Pastoral Care
Healthier Pastor
Last night I received an email from a pastor friend let me know that one of his congregants had passed away, a death that saddened him. He asked if I could pray for his family. A relatively young man in his forties, he collapsed at work and died. Doctors believed he had a heart attack. Continue reading Healthier Pastor
Life
Anger and hatred. There is way too much of it in our world. Politics. Family. You name it. Anger and hatred are tearing apart our lives. But there is a way to change it, to make life better. It’s all about living Life to the fullest. This Sunday, our new sermon series begins. What does … Continue reading Life
Meatless Good Friday
Balancing the spiritual desires of Holy Week with the realities of real life sometimes causes me to shake my head. I’ve been asked a half-dozen times in the course the last two days whether it is a church rule that you can’t eat meat on Good Friday. The “understanding” of not eating meat on Friday … Continue reading Meatless Good Friday
Canceling a Funeral in a Snowstorm
For the first time in my ministry, I had to cancel a scheduled funeral because of bad weather. We are under a Winter Storm Warning for my area of northern New Jersey, expecting anywhere from 4 to 8 inches of snow coupled with winds in excess of 30 miles per hour. These blizzard-like conditions are … Continue reading Canceling a Funeral in a Snowstorm
Pastor Anthony Iovine 