Paul Pastor

Jan 11, 2025 | nadyawilliams.substack.com | Nadya Williams |Gina Dalfonzo |Paul Pastor

If you happen to be on social media, you may have noticed that firmly enshrined in the liturgical calendar of social media fights are the Homer translation wars. I’m not entirely sure when this (ig)noble tradition got started, but having lived through multiple rounds of it, including at the end of December 2024, I believe it’s reached canonical status. Generally, each cycle of these wars involves someone expressing an opinion about a particular translation they cannot abide.

Dec 4, 2024 | outreachmagazine.com | Paul Pastor

Interview by Paul J. Pastor | Photograph by Matt McFarlandWe all know that our stories and personal health impact a leader’s ministry, but how do we work with our stories while balancing our commitment to mission and outward work? Drew Hyun is working hard to figure it out.

Aug 26, 2024 | outreachmagazine.com | Paul Pastor

You may have seen a viral video [Vimeo.com/933437548 starting at the 24:45 minute mark] in the spring of 2024, in which a pastor’s sermon is interrupted by an unhoused man in the service shouting profanities—an outburst welcomed by the preacher with surprising and heartwarming results. That pastor, Ed Newton of Community Bible Church in San Antonio, Texas, also leads a congregation that is on both the largest (No. 21) and fastest-growing (No. 47) lists this year.

Jul 10, 2024 | outreachmagazine.com | Paul Pastor

Outreach has the honor of interviewing many remarkable people in our cover interview section. These conversations—where we take unusual time and care to dig beneath the surface issues of ministry into the deeper areas that shape it—are unique in contemporary reporting on Christian ministry. While each interview is special, some are exceptionally so. One of these is that which you are about to read. Joni Eareckson Tada is a woman who glows with love, humor, raw honesty and grit.

May 10, 2024 | christianitytoday.com | Paul Pastor

A recent advertisement from Apple for the new iPad Pro has somehow managed to existentially disturb me. Titled "Crush!" it shows an ominous hydraulic press above a platform filled with symbols of humanity, creativity, and joy: a metronome, guitar, classical statue, piano, analog cameras, books, paint, and more.