Tuesday, September 30, 2008

advice

So, my supervising pastor passed along some pastoral wisdom tonight.

"Don't be a Moses," he said, "be a shepherd. They last longer."

I only have an undergraduate degree in Religious Studies, so I may not be remembering this correctly: But wasn't Moses a shepherd?

I'll run that one past him in the morning and check his reply.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

OK, first off, Mick, even I know Moses wasn't a shepard, and I've never been to Sunday school. I think what your supervisor means is that you should be willing to stop and ask for help, rather then, say, wondering in a desert for 40 years...

Cla3rk

Rev. Michael Macintyre said...

actually, Moses tended to the flocks of his father-in-lae Jethro for about 30 years, or so.

doesn't make your observation invalid, just incorrect.

Anonymous said...

Charlton Heston never tended any sheep! Besides, how many people, when working for their father-in-law, would list that as there profession? Yeah, he may have been a messianic figure, but he was still only human.

Cla3rk

Unknown said...

Moses worked for a shepherd. he wasn't actually in charge.

But he did lead a bunch of folks out to slavery. That is, kinda, shepherd-like.

kgp

Rev. Michael Macintyre said...

Kevin,
if you start making inane distinctions about shepherds and under-shepherds, I will personally drive down to your house, ply you with alcohol, and then smack you upside the head.
Moses tended sheep = shepherd.