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Which Bible Character Do You Identify With Most? Peter, Nehemiah… and Us
Sometimes we read the stories of people in the Bible and think, I could never be like them. We place them on pedestals, seeing only their greatest moments of faith while overlooking the painful chapters of their lives. It’s almost as though we read their stories through rose-coloured glasses. Take David, for example. We…
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The Slow Drift: Guarding Your Relationship with Jesus
There’s a quiet danger that lurks in the life of every ministry leader. It doesn’t announce itself loudly. It doesn’t arrive with scandal or collapse. It comes slowly, subtly, almost imperceptibly. It is what we might call the slow drift. And by the time you recognize it, something valuable has already been lost. If…
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Compassion Fatigue – Sustaining the Soul While Serving Others
Ministry is more than a career. For pastors, it involves walking closely with people through the most intimate and vulnerable moments of their lives, grief, illness, conflict, doubt, and crisis. Pastoring is a privilege and deeply meaningful, it also carries a hidden cost: compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue is the emotional and spiritual exhaustion that…