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\\nThom and Sam share five reasons why pastors above the age of 70 will become increasingly common.
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\\n \\tDefinitions and perceptions about old age are shifting.
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\\n \\t\\xa0Many older pastors will become bi-vocational and interim.
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\\n \\t\\xa0Many older pastors are not secure financially.
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\\n \\t\\xa0Many older pastors are not leaving their current pastorate.
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\\nIt\\u2019s unnerving, isn\\u2019t it? When our faith feels ungrounded, untethered . . . unreal. When our certainty is adrift, as though an undercurrent has pulled us away from shore into the deep, into the darkness.
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\\n This is disillusionment.
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\\n This is losing hope.
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\\n And if this is you\\u2014if you\\u2019re in a dark night of the soul\\u2014please know that you are not alone. (And you are not as far away from safety as you may feel or fear.) Though faith shines best in full sun, it grows depth in the dark.
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\\n The night is not your enemy.
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