by Joe Romeo | Sep 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
“You’re just a nice-looking boy, a bit slight, well scrubbed and well mannered. All that is fine, but it’s your existence I love you for, mainly. Existence seems to me now the most remarkable thing that could ever be imagined” ~ Marilynne Robinson[1]...
by Joe Romeo | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Countless books on pastoral ministry flood the Christian market each year. My guess is only a few are worth reading—and perhaps even less worth remembering. Amid the torrent of this year’s releases, one came hot off the presses with much fanfare and many a...
by Joe Romeo | Aug 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Note: Fred Sanders’s book The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything, prompted the following thoughts. _____________________________________________________________________ Evangelicals yearn for immediacy and practicality, not necessarily...
by Joe Romeo | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
As a lover and occasional writer of poetry, the following words by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) remain emblazoned in my mind, although I first read them years ago: “What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose...
by Joe Romeo | Jul 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
With his retirement on the horizon, my mentor/friend, Steve McLean, was asked to speak to a group of a missionaries on the topic “Three Verses That Kept Me in the Ministry.” As you can tell, the topic spurred me to consider the same question for myself. After some...
by Joe Romeo | Jun 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
What do churches want in a pastor? This question has swirled around in my mind for years. Given that no pastor can or will be a second incarnation of Jesus Christ, no church will find or select a sinless man to lead their church. This means every search committee will...
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