Shepherds are not Technicians

December 13th, 2023 | 9 min read

A few weeks ago I started reading Harold Senkbeil's The Care of Souls. The timing was fortuitous, as multiple stories would develop in November that illustrate some of the dangers in pastoral ministry when Senkbeil's wisdom is forgotten.

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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, The Dispatch, National Review, Comment, Christianity Today, and Plough. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

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