Comments on: All the Watches http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/08/all-the-watches/ Seeing the world in a brand new way... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:27:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Breanna Sipple http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/08/all-the-watches/comment-page-1/#comment-3060 Breanna Sipple Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:59:58 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=1263#comment-3060 Yep, this is such an important lesson to learn! I think I would be a bit like you in that situation too, way to have a book on you while you waited :). I would have LOVED going around on house visits with Pastor Fred, he sounds great (and wise)! During our staff training retreat for all the hall chaplains at the beginning of this school year, we were taught about the importance of being faithfully present, like what you've written about. It really does make a HUGE difference in the effectiveness of ministry. Yep, this is such an important lesson to learn! I think I would be a bit like you in that situation too, way to have a book on you while you waited :) . I would have LOVED going around on house visits with Pastor Fred, he sounds great (and wise)!
During our staff training retreat for all the hall chaplains at the beginning of this school year, we were taught about the importance of being faithfully present, like what you’ve written about. It really does make a HUGE difference in the effectiveness of ministry.

]]> By: Rob Yonan http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/08/all-the-watches/comment-page-1/#comment-1134 Rob Yonan Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:39:14 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=1263#comment-1134 it's not such a stretch to see that the 'church' in Africa grows, while here in the US it often feels like it's squeezed out of daily life. time. presence. so valuable. welcome home Bar' it’s not such a stretch to see that the ‘church’ in Africa grows, while here in the US it often feels like it’s squeezed out of daily life. time. presence. so valuable.
welcome home Bar’

]]> By: Julie Buczkowski http://www.worldnextdoor.org/2009/08/all-the-watches/comment-page-1/#comment-1131 Julie Buczkowski Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:57:04 +0000 http://www.worldnextdoor.org/?p=1263#comment-1131 Barry, you are so YOU. We love reading your articles. Since leaving work to stay home with the kids, I have certainly scaled way back on meetings and to-do's. Still, I do not make myself very available or, at times, even fully present in a moment. I really appreciate you bringing this to light. Barry, you are so YOU. We love reading your articles.

Since leaving work to stay home with the kids, I have certainly scaled way back on meetings and to-do’s. Still, I do not make myself very available or, at times, even fully present in a moment. I really appreciate you bringing this to light.

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