The purpose of Rubber Meets the Road Pastoral Conversations is to discuss the joys, sorrows and tribulations of pastors serving their Call to the ministry while they live in the shadow of the Cross. The focus of this pastoral conversation is to discuss the meaning of the Office of the Keys from the perspective of serving in mission field in multiple locations and the challenges that come with that ministry.

In the broken world that we live in personal responsibility seems to be an out of fashion concept that has been left behind in the dust of time. However, God’s Word calls us as His Church to be self-accountable and to take on personal responsibility in our words and our actions living in the world that we do. In this episode we will discuss self-accountability and five ways in how we can improve it.

The purpose of Rubber Meets the Road Pastoral Conversations is to discuss the joys, sorrows and tribulations of pastors serving their Call to the ministry while they live in the shadow of the Cross. The focus of these pastoral conversations is to discuss the meaning of the Office of the Keys from the perspective of the pastors we speak to and also how Matthew eighteen is applied, misapplied, and sometimes abused by so many, even pastors, within the mission of Christ’s Church.

This month’s conversation is with Pastor Martin Rich. Pastor Rich serves his Call in emeritus status in Central Wisconsin where he lives with his wife and family.

By nature, training, and everything else that goes in to being a pastor, we are all for the most part people-pleasers whether we like to admit it or not. People pleasing is part of the job we are Called to do by our Lord. However, at the same time there are also those in the world that are searching for power and control and who is really in charge. Our conversation today looks at the intersection of this conflict and how it can impact our ministry.

The purpose of Rubber Meets the Road Pastoral Conversations is to discuss the joys, sorrows and tribulations of pastors serving their Call to the ministry while they live in the shadow of the Cross. The focus of these pastoral conversations is to discuss the meaning of the Office of the Keys from the perspective of the pastors we speak to and also how Matthew eighteen is applied, misapplied, and sometimes abused by so many, even pastors, within the mission of Christ’s Church.

This month’s conversation is with Pastor Aaron Kotila. Pastor Kotila serves his Call at Trinity Lutheran Church in El Reno Oklahoma where he lives with his wife and family.

Living in faith is living the continuous changes that our Lord places on the path before us. As people change and the fear of change is something we all live with. However, the question is do pastors and those living in the shadow of the cross deal with the same fear of change as others. This will be the topic discussion of this podcast.

The purpose of Rubber Meets the Road Pastoral Conversations is to discuss the joys, sorrows and tribulations of pastors serving their Call to the ministry while they live in the shadow of the Cross. The focus of these pastoral conversations is to discuss the meaning of the Office of the Keys from the perspective of the pastors we speak to and also how Matthew eighteen is applied, misapplied, and sometimes abused by so many, even pastors, within the mission of Christ’s Church.

This month’s conversation is with Pastor Jim Guffie. Pastor Guffie is a retired Baptist pastor who lives in the Montgomery County Missouri area. Pastor Guffie served in the Baptist Church for 43 years with he joys, issues, and tribulations that comes from serving multiple parishes in his time serving Christ’s Church.

How do we as Christ’s church live our lives being compassionately assertive? How easy is it for us living in the shadow of the cross to fall to the passivity of falling to the fear of failure rather than rebellious in our faith trust in our Lord to guide and watch over us. In our discussion we will discuss living compassionately assertive following in the footsteps of our Lord.