Episodes

  • 120. Canyons

    120. Canyons
    Nov 25 2024
    Some of the truest things every spoken have been spoken through story, through fiction. What follows here then is fiction in a genre I have dubbed “pastoral horror.” It’s brief, and for some it will be unsettling and for others it will be resonant. Either way, it explores spaces that few ever want to visit. […]
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    8 mins
  • 14 [Reset]. The Un-Busy Pastor

    14 [Reset]. The Un-Busy Pastor
    Nov 11 2024
    I’m Randy Greenwald and this is Greatheart’s Table, the podcast for “busy” pastors and those who care for them. I’ve put quotes around “busy” because this is the second of two reset episodes from first released in August of 2021 on the subject of the “busy-ness” of pastors, an affliction with which I’m all too […]
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    8 mins
  • 13 [Reset]. The Busy Pastor

    13 [Reset]. The Busy Pastor
    Nov 4 2024
    With this episode and the next I reset and re-release two episodes from August of 2021. As we all know, to be busy and to be a pastor are co-morbid conditions. But should they be? There will always be things to do. But are they the right things? Thanks for listening. We encourage you to […]
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    8 mins
  • 119. A House Made of Trees

    119. A House Made of Trees
    Oct 28 2024
    Welcome to Greatheart’s Table, the podcast for pastors and those who care for them. In this episode I want to take you on a tour around our small suburban house, to consider the trees in our yard. I assure you that you have not accidentally linked to a podcast on home landscape design or the […]
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    9 mins
  • 118. Love and the Murderous Pastor

    118. Love and the Murderous Pastor
    Oct 21 2024
    A couple of months ago, I mused here about Jesus’ call that we love others. A Christianity that cannot walk in love with one another and with the world is not a Christianity that reflects the one we claim to follow, and so we must lean into it. And while the phrase “the devil is […]
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    9 mins
  • 117. The Fear of Woman Is (NOT) the Beginning of Wisdom

    117. The Fear of Woman Is (NOT) the Beginning of Wisdom
    Oct 7 2024
    I don’t often respond to current events. I work so slowly that by the time I have a response, the event is no longer current and has been forgotten. Nevertheless, my concern in this episode is one that continues to be raised, and so the time feels right to address it once again. If you […]
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    9 mins
  • RDC 1. The Power of Pastors’ Wives

    RDC 1. The Power of Pastors’ Wives
    Sep 30 2024
    I’d like to welcome everyone to the inaugural “Rainy Day Conversation around Greatheart’s Table.” These are longer conversations in which I invite some smart, insightful, and experienced people to talk and to reflect realistically on some aspect of pastoral ministry, or ministry in general. There is no telling what direction these will take. Currently the […]
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 116. Every Pastor Must Get Stoned

    116. Every Pastor Must Get Stoned
    Sep 23 2024
    Hello, everyone. Welcome once again to Greatheart’s Table, the podcast for pastors and those who care for them. This one has a provocative title, to say the least, one which is disconcerting no matter how you read it. I am using this week’s space to explain and to frame a new feature of Greatheart’s Table […]
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    8 mins