There is no special honor in preaching, there is only special pain. The pulpit calls those anointed to it as the sea calls its sailors. And like the sea, it batters and bruises and does not rest. To preach, to really preach is to die naked a little at a time and to know each time you do it that you must do it again.

— Bruce Thielemann (1934–1994), Pastor und Kanzelredner

Topics: Witness & Mission, Work & Vocation

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