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📖 Pastoral Interviews

Why You Should Not Try So Hard

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Preaching Guru
May 19, 2026
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I had a conversation with a colleague of mine. He asked for some advice on how to handle himself in a pastoral interview. And out of nowhere, this is what I told him. These three principles.

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The first thing I told him was this: the best way into an interview is to stop caring about winning people over. I have sat on both sides of that table …

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