Ben Gresik
@bengresik.bsky.social
36 - "Just a regular guy who is also a pastor"
at Bethel CRC, Brockville, ON
at Bethel CRC, Brockville, ON
Kirsten Sanders in Mere Orthodoxy mereorthodoxy.com/forsaking-al...
July 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Kirsten Sanders in Mere Orthodoxy mereorthodoxy.com/forsaking-al...
This book is an excellent companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Life Together" and has been so helpful in naming something I've thought about a lot when considering virtual church.
July 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This book is an excellent companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Life Together" and has been so helpful in naming something I've thought about a lot when considering virtual church.
More advisory committee meetings this morning. The chair says they may be finished early enough to have a plenary session tonight #crcsynod
June 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
More advisory committee meetings this morning. The chair says they may be finished early enough to have a plenary session tonight #crcsynod
Advisory committees are meeting, so the hallways at Redeemer are mostly empty. The campus is pretty beautiful (although most of them are...) #crcsynod
June 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Advisory committees are meeting, so the hallways at Redeemer are mostly empty. The campus is pretty beautiful (although most of them are...) #crcsynod
The pink means I get kicked out when we go to executive session. #crcnasynod
June 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The pink means I get kicked out when we go to executive session. #crcnasynod
I'm reading Stanley Hauerwas' "A Community of Character" right now. This paragraph leapt off the page at me yesterday.
June 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I'm reading Stanley Hauerwas' "A Community of Character" right now. This paragraph leapt off the page at me yesterday.
Louis Berkhof in 1938 touching on pieces of what George Lindbeck gets to in 1984. It makes me think the challenge of being a particular Christian is to not segregate it to one part of life.
May 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Louis Berkhof in 1938 touching on pieces of what George Lindbeck gets to in 1984. It makes me think the challenge of being a particular Christian is to not segregate it to one part of life.
I'm going to finish this book today, which is a sign of how many pieces it puts together for me right now. This is in the preamble to the final chapter.
May 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm going to finish this book today, which is a sign of how many pieces it puts together for me right now. This is in the preamble to the final chapter.
I've gone through half of this book in the last week because of some time on an airplane, and have been finding it very helpful. Billings fits nicely with Lindbeck (who he quotes at one point).
May 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I've gone through half of this book in the last week because of some time on an airplane, and have been finding it very helpful. Billings fits nicely with Lindbeck (who he quotes at one point).
We had family over out the blue (a thing I am not used to) so we spent some time outside. It was nice.
January 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
We had family over out the blue (a thing I am not used to) so we spent some time outside. It was nice.
This is the stillest, coldest, whitest winter in recent memory for me. Here's a shot of the backyard after a fresh snowfall yesterday.
January 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This is the stillest, coldest, whitest winter in recent memory for me. Here's a shot of the backyard after a fresh snowfall yesterday.
When is it okay to offer someone correction, especially rooted in faith? This part of the book says it is difficult to know how to do this rightly, but Bonhoeffer says we shouldn't just give up.
November 27, 2024 at 11:51 AM
When is it okay to offer someone correction, especially rooted in faith? This part of the book says it is difficult to know how to do this rightly, but Bonhoeffer says we shouldn't just give up.
Words go together with actions
November 26, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Words go together with actions
Sometimes people say "I've never seen a pastor do that" to me and it makes me feel like I'm doing it right
November 25, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Sometimes people say "I've never seen a pastor do that" to me and it makes me feel like I'm doing it right
Maybe silence in time with others is a good thing
November 24, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Maybe silence in time with others is a good thing