CT Pastors – 04-17-26

April 17, 2026

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With the recent loss of our friend and long-time contributor Lee Eclov, we wanted to use this newsletter to highlight some of the content Lee contributed over years.

In Our Dear Shepherd, you will find a collection of tributes from friends, collegues, and readers. As a whole, they tell the story of a shepherd who’s faithful toil had an eternal impact.

If you knew Lee, or were impacted by any of his writings over the years, we invite you to submit a note, memory, or tribute and we’ll add it.

Below, we’ve included some of Lee’s contributions on pastoring, preaching, and the archive of his sermons in our database. We also hightlight his last weekly devotional column and a link to the archive of all of these reflections throughout the years.

Remembering Lee Eclov


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REFLECTIONS FROM LEE

Weekly Devotional for Pastors


LEE ON PASTORING

The slow, small, but immeasurably sacred work of pastoral care.

Forget metrics. The pastor’s job is to find success when it’s invisible.

Are you spending it wisely?

Personal attention is a minister’s inefficient imperative.


LEE ON PREACHING

A winsome episode with two preachers talking preaching. Hear Lee’s heart for pastoring and preaching.

Facing up to the preacher’s peculiar impurity

Prophetic preachers are far more than gunslingers.

God comforts your hearers through your sermons.


SERMONS FROM LEE

Lee contributed 75 sermons to our sermon database.


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