For many ministers, Sunday evenings are hard. You finally go home after an exhausting day. If you are not careful, your mind and emotions can take you places that are not good. You wonder, am I really making a difference? What’s the use? You think about those biting words of criticism. At the time, the… Continue reading When Sunday Evenings are Hard
Tag: Discouragement
Are You Discouraged Today?
Are you discouraged today? Perhaps only you know the reasons. You know the issues. Your marriage. Your children. Your job. Your health. Life can be so hard and so complex. Maybe you have been on Facebook already today. So many posts speak of “amazing marriages” or “awesome kids.” Or they speak of incredible jobs or… Continue reading Are You Discouraged Today?
If You Need to be Refreshed
Early this morning, I read an article by John Ortberg entitled, “A River Runs Through It” (Conversations, 7.2, Fall/Winter 2009). I was sitting at our kitchen table with a fresh cup of coffee as I began to read this article. Each morning since receiving this new issue of Conversations, I have read a different article… Continue reading If You Need to be Refreshed
Three Suggestions for Discouragement
I called him one Sunday evening and told him that I really needed to talk. I admired my father-in-law and really wanted his advice. (He was a longtime minister and president of a small Bible college.) I was a young minister working with my first church and living in middle Tennessee. My in-laws lived about… Continue reading Three Suggestions for Discouragement