No one prepares you for how strange ministry is. How could they? To be strange is to be unexpected, odd, out of the norm. And personal ministry in particular traffics in the unknowns. It occurs at the heart of strange.
If we describe our anger merely as sin, we will not gain the insight necessary for overcoming it.
Jeremy Pierre | “God With Us”
A pastor’s job is not to dismiss personal experience, but rather to help people see it differently—specifically, to see it according to who God is and the chief purpose of his design for human life.
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When you’re living in a broken world, sometimes believing and wanting the right things means you’ll be disappointed.
Perfectionism is the tendency to expect flawless performance from self and others, resulting in frustration at any sign of failure.
Being liked is the currency of our social relationships, seen in everything from the unspoken gravitation toward one person over another at a party to the digitized tokens of attention we exchange on social media.
Everyone is called to personal ministry of the Word. An essential element of every calling is to know people and to help them process their lives before the Lord.
Addictions do not die in one decisive action. They die over a long period of time.
