Pastoral Concerns

by James Nuechterlein

In his wise and engaging essay elsewhere in this issue (“I Do?”, p. 14), David Blankenhorn expresses puzzled dismay over the alacrity with which the clergy have participated in the contemporary trivializing of the marriage vow. “I do not understand,” he says, “why the clergy, the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 1997

The Prince and the Pastor

by Peter J. Leithart

Eugene Peterson has commented on the unhappy fact that modern pastors have become “spiritual technologists” who reduce pastoral care to “running the church” and problem-solving. “The secularized mind,” he writes, “is terrorized by mysteries.” Those in its grip “deny or ignore the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 1994