The "Pensive Pastor" Posts

(come on, I'm a preacher; I alliterate!!)

Welcome to my blog! These are the thoughts and musings of a pastor who, after a lot of years in ministry, believed he was retiring but then discovered that the word retirement does not appear in God's dictionary!

Not many posts just yet but expanding fast with an assortment of material. Do subscribe if you'd like to get weekly updates on posts published.


Two Years after Christmas

Posted on 1 Jan 2025 in category The Plan by The Pensive Pastor

Miriam sat with two other women outside her small house and watched their children playing dustily together in the warm afternoon sun while they took a break from the daily chores of living a humble life in a small Judean...  Read more...

This Child

Posted on 21 Dec 2024 in category The Plan by The Pensive Pastor

She knew the time was close. The birthing pains had started in the early evening and were beginning to come more frequently. Between spasms of pain the girl thought back over the events of the past year.It had all...  Read more...

But is it worship?

Posted on 27 Nov 2024 in category Church by The Pensive Pastor

What is the goal of corporate church worship? I suggest... "To lead the people into the felt presence of God  through their corporate worship of Him,  thus releasing the Holy Spirit to do His work  and His will...  Read more...

Rapture, what rapture?!

Posted on 26 Nov 2024 in category Bible by The Pensive Pastor

13 Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe...  Read more...

Rapture Bible Verses

Posted on 25 Nov 2024 in category Bible by The Pensive Pastor

This post follows a previous one on dispensationalism, "Rapture, what rapture?!"Besides the classic "go-to" verse for "rapturists" - 1 Thessalonians 4:17 - a number of other popular verses have interpretations that are equally as valid, or moreso, than the...  Read more...

The Man (1)

Posted on 24 Nov 2024 in category The Plan by The Pensive Pastor

With his first shuddering breath came strange sensations... smells... sounds... feeling... a sense of colour and light... although there were as yet no words to describe these things.Something touched... soft and yielding yet persistent and nudging... and the man...  Read more...