Why is there no question by the man who left his family accepting his long distance pastor deal but his ex wife wondered if she would no longer be qualified for leadership? Does the male rainmaker of a previous mega church get a pass? Post navigationĬhurch of SBC bureaucrats Jonathan Howe (denomination’s new PR guy) and Augie Boto (its attorney) looking to ‘restore’ Senior Pastor Sam Boyd following ‘personal failing’: Why in the world would you hire a man who left his wife and family as a pastor of small groups and a teaching pastor? On top of that, is he so good that he doesn’t have to live near his church? Final question Thankfully, she realized that she could continue to be a woman’s leader through the ministry of her friends. After their divorce, Brandi counted herself out of leadership but her women leader friends didn’t allow her to do this. This was an incredibly painful season of loss for her, but her community helped get her through this time.īrandi realized that she had been devastated but not destroyed. Sadly, she thought those days were over when Pete walked out.īrandi had been a pastor’s wife for 20 years when her husband decided to leave the church and their family. Do you think it is normal for a pastor to make the deliberate choice to live hundreds or even thousands of miles away from their congregation if they hold the title of pastor? Should a church hire a pastor who chose to leave his wife and family as well as giving a questionable explanation for leaving his former church?Įsther Littlefield posted Episode 64: The Power Community Through Devastating Season with Brandi Wilson (Friendship Series.)īrandi was involved in women’s leadership. So, here is the question for this part of the post. Nashville is approximately 1,000 miles from South Dakota. She holds the title of Executive Pastor at Embrace Church in South Dakota but she still lives the Nashville area where her husband reportedly works. One of his former associates at Cross Point Church is also doing something similar. However, the strange part of this arrangement is that he is still living in Nashville, working at The A Group and flying in to the church in Michigan now and again. From what I was told by a member, Pete Is both allegedly a teaching pastor and a pastor of small groups. It seems rather obvious to me that Pete Wilson was not playing straight with his former church, Cross Point, when he decided to leave due to *burn out.* I wrote about what appears to be his new position at NorthRidge Church in Plymouth Michigan. Should pastors choose to live hundreds of miles away from their congregations?

This time, Trump should not be allowed to so easily evade the lens of reality.“When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world.” CS Lewis Mere Christianity. It demands that many of us continue to challenge the image of America he is working to bring back. And as the front-runner for the Republican nomination, his mug shot is a picture that demands interrogation. Pictures that are brash and erratic, unfading and unpredictable.

It is why the story of Donald Trump will always be a story best told in pictures. His identity is a patchwork of zany interview clips, Photoshopped images, and antagonistic sound bites meant to go viral. Online, Trump exists across an explosive vernacular of media. The amphitheater of social media is where he excels, as meme and messiah. The photo has raised more than $7 million since last week, according to Politico.

“Never surrender,” he tweeted, without a pinch of irony, after surrendering. It's why, in the hours following his release, he used his mug shot as an opportunity to raise funds by posting it on X (formerly Twitter). He understands that sometimes the image is the message. He understands that images endure, the imprint they can leave. Trump is a savvy counterprogrammer, a showman with a taste for political rebranding.

Depth of Field is senior writer Jason Parham's biweekly dispatch about culture's most searing current images.

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