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a shepherd who keeps the sheep awake during the part where they almost fall asleep.
means A member of the clergy in charge of a church or congregation, responsible for its spiritual care and guidance.
from Straight from the Latin pastor, meaning "shepherd," rooted in pascere, "to feed or lead to pasture." The image is ancient and deliberate: the flock as a congregation, the shepherd as their guardian and feeder. The same root grazes through "pasture" and "pastoral," and the metaphor was already old when early Christian writers picked it up — Jesus called himself the "good shepherd," so calling a church leader a pastor simply kept the sheep in the sentence.
- word root
- Latin pastor literally means shepherd of flocks
- famous defectors
- Nietzsche and Stalin both trained for clergy
- tip economy
- early traveling preachers were paid in chickens and pie
- burnout rate
- many quit within five years from sheer exhaustion
- taco crossover
- al pastor means shepherd-style, borrowed from spit-roasted lamb
john hagee — founder of cornerstone church san antonio, televangelist with 20,000+ weekly attendees
joel osteen — lakewood church houston, 43,000 weekly attendance, most watched pastor in us
charles spurgeon — metropolitan tabernacle london 1854-1892, preached to 6,000 weekly for 38 years