Recover Your Life Without Losing Your Ministry
Emotional survival is the single biggest issue facing most pastors today. Sadly the reality is that most seminaries and Bible colleges can not prepare you for the real world pressures that one encounters in the life of most churches. Demands and expectation, both real and imagined, and the harsh reality that a fallen world does not yield to your best ideals, training, or good [Read more...]
The expectations and demands of others upon a pastor can be unending. Wayne Cordeiro in his book, “Leading on Empty”, tells a story of a sleepy man who entered a small diner in the early morning hours. Still trying to wake up, he orders some strong black coffee. The waitress brings out the coffee and begins to pour it into his cup. “Just say ‘when’”, she says. The man hears her, but [Read more...]
At one point in my life I thought that things would just work out as I always dreamed simply because [Read more...]
“19 I have a special word of caution for you who are sure that you have it all together yourselves and, because you know God’s revealed Word inside and out,20 feel qualified to guide others through their blind alleys and dark nights and confused emotions to God.21 While you are guiding others, who is going to guide you?” Romans 2:19-21 (Message)
As a Christian leader, we are too often placed upon the pedestal meant only for Perfection. [Read more...]
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