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The Imperfect Pastor: Discovering Joy in Our Limitations through a Daily Apprenticeship with Jesus
Dear Pastor,
Desire burns within you. You've trained and dreamt of doing large things in famous ways as fast as you can for God's glory. But pastoral work keeps requiring your surrender to small, mostly overlooked things over long periods of time.
You stand at a crossroads. Jesus stands with you. You were never meant to know everything, fix everything, and be everywhere at once. That's his job, not yours.
So what now? Let the apprenticeship begin.
Desire burns within you. You've trained and dreamt of doing large things in famous ways as fast as you can for God's glory. But pastoral work keeps requiring your surrender to small, mostly overlooked things over long periods of time.
You stand at a crossroads. Jesus stands with you. You were never meant to know everything, fix everything, and be everywhere at once. That's his job, not yours.
So what now? Let the apprenticeship begin.
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Published May 21, 2019
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Zack Eswine
17 books160 followerszack is an author, pastor and mentor seeking words for living humanly in Jesus.
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July 30, 2025
A really good book that turns over the rocks of all blind spots for the ambitious pastor. A great challenge for me to reflect upon in starting a new pastoral role.
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