Comments on: Cannabis Confession and Construction Contemplation http://www.poopedpastors.com/blogs/cannabis-confession-construction-contemplation/ For Pooped Pastors By Pooped Pastors Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:51:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Zach http://www.poopedpastors.com/blogs/cannabis-confession-construction-contemplation/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 Zach Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:33:19 +0000 http://www.poopedpastors.com/?p=308#comment-1242 From a hotel in Napa Valley and a little bit tipsy from all the wine tastings... Jeff - I know I am a real pastor. I've never worked so hard in my entire life. This week while on vacation I got a call from a parent whose child ran away. My comment about not being a "real" pastor was a joke. Because whenever I tell someone what I do, they always ask when I think I will get to be a Senior (aka "real") Pastor. That drives me nuts! So glad it's all about grace. Zach PS - Thanks to everyone for reading the blog. Make sure to participate in the forums and tell your youth PASTOR friends :) From a hotel in Napa Valley and a little bit tipsy from all the wine tastings…

Jeff – I know I am a real pastor. I’ve never worked so hard in my entire life. This week while on vacation I got a call from a parent whose child ran away.

My comment about not being a “real” pastor was a joke. Because whenever I tell someone what I do, they always ask when I think I will get to be a Senior (aka “real”) Pastor. That drives me nuts!

So glad it’s all about grace.
Zach

PS – Thanks to everyone for reading the blog. Make sure to participate in the forums and tell your youth PASTOR friends :)

]]> By: Jeff Shearier http://www.poopedpastors.com/blogs/cannabis-confession-construction-contemplation/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 Jeff Shearier Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:03:33 +0000 http://www.poopedpastors.com/?p=308#comment-1233 Zack, You wrote, "just one more reason I am not a “real” pastor, but only a youth pastor." Where did you get the idea that being a youth pastor did not make you a real pastor? What a bunch of Satan filled Horse do-do. I went to my denomination's Seminary. But instead of the usual route and graduating with a Master's in Divinity, I was a "colloquy" student. That means I had extensive church work experience and would graduate as Ordained, but without the M.Div. degree. Does that make me "not a real pastor?" You are a real pastor, wrestling with how to relate and communicate with teens. Stick with building relationships and sharing God's grace, through faith in Christ. Eventually they will get the message. Those that do will hold it for life. Zack,
You wrote, “just one more reason I am not a “real” pastor, but only a youth pastor.”

Where did you get the idea that being a youth pastor did not make you a real pastor? What a bunch of Satan filled Horse do-do.

I went to my denomination’s Seminary. But instead of the usual route and graduating with a Master’s in Divinity, I was a “colloquy” student. That means I had extensive church work experience and would graduate as Ordained, but without the M.Div. degree. Does that make me “not a real pastor?”

You are a real pastor, wrestling with how to relate and communicate with teens. Stick with building relationships and sharing God’s grace, through faith in Christ. Eventually they will get the message. Those that do will hold it for life.

]]> By: Kenneth Smith http://www.poopedpastors.com/blogs/cannabis-confession-construction-contemplation/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Kenneth Smith Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:45:57 +0000 http://www.poopedpastors.com/?p=308#comment-1210 Having the desire to smoke a joint or to drink a Bud is part of the "I want to fit in syndrome" so that we can relate to our students. It's hard to explain something when we have know ideal except only what we read. I can say "Been there, Done that" and not say that about the desire to do these things, but to actually doing them before the Grace of God took over in my life. Students need to know how you cope with the life you are living (including some desires) and how God brings you through it. That is the foundation they will build on in their own life and some will even fall under the "Been there, Done that" and will have to do as Luke mentions about the builder, "digged deep" to lay their foundation. You just have to help shovel the dirt out of the way. I know everything I just wrote seems a little confusing but if it does make a little sense then we both can say thank-you Lord! Having the desire to smoke a joint or to drink a Bud is part of the “I want to fit in syndrome” so that we can relate to our students. It’s hard to explain something when we have know ideal except only what we read.
I can say “Been there, Done that” and not say that about the desire to do these things, but to actually doing them before the Grace of God took over in my life.
Students need to know how you cope with the life you are living (including some desires) and how God brings you through it. That is the foundation they will build on in their own life and some will even fall under the “Been there, Done that” and will have to do as Luke mentions about the builder, “digged deep” to lay their foundation. You just have to help shovel the dirt out of the way.
I know everything I just wrote seems a little confusing but if it does make a little sense then we both can say thank-you Lord!

]]> By: Cameron Wright http://www.poopedpastors.com/blogs/cannabis-confession-construction-contemplation/comment-page-1/#comment-1197 Cameron Wright Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:45:54 +0000 http://www.poopedpastors.com/?p=308#comment-1197 It's legal in the Netherlands. It’s legal in the Netherlands.

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