5 Suggestions for Keeping Your Sanity in a Busy Ministry There are seasons when a ministry feels very intense. Quite often that intensity may be related to particular problems or issues that have surfaced in the church or in the community. Sometimes that intensity is due to unforeseen situations. Perhaps you have recently presided over… Continue reading Ministry Inside.117
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Under Stress? Sometimes ministry can be very stressful. It may be conflict with a staff member or a few of the elders. Or, perhaps you are under stress due to the church’s financial problems. Maybe there has been an incident in the church that has become very, very draining. Sometimes when we become stressed, we either over-function… Continue reading Ministry Inside.102
Now This Can Remove Some Stress!
I don’t know what you expected when you left home. I don’t know what you expected when you, perhaps, graduated from college and started working. I do know that many of us expected to experience much more zest/joy/passion/happiness (or whatever word you might prefer). So often, I found myself saying, "If only." In fact, I… Continue reading Now This Can Remove Some Stress!
Does This Family Look Familiar? (Part 1)
Several years ago, I sat at a table in the faculty dining room at Baylor University. At the table with me was a man who had served as the academic dean and eventually as the president of a seminary. He was now "semi-retired." Most weekends, he preached at a church somewhere in the country. I… Continue reading Does This Family Look Familiar? (Part 1)
To Keep from Being Overwhelmed
Winston Churchill told the story of a Royal Navy sailor who rescued a boy who had fallen into the frigid waters of Plymouth Harbor. The next day the sailor was walking through the downtown area. Nearby, the boy who had fallen in and his mother were also walking. The boy spotted the sailor, tugged at… Continue reading To Keep from Being Overwhelmed