Failure has a way of getting into our heads if we’re not careful. It sneaks in through the side door, whispering things like “You’re not enough” or “You’ll never get it right.”
As I’ve reflected on the first year of shepherding my congregation, here are four confessions that in the Lord’s kindness may benefit every pastor, minister, leader, and lay person.
When the problem is with the leader, in almost every case, it starts when that pastor or ministry leader starts drinking his or her own Kool-Aid.
First-person articles, comments, letters to the editor, blog excerpts, social media posts and more.
I’m thinking about our own Baptist conclave coming soon.
Loving people well and learning to consistently become more Christ-like means personally, deeply and genuinely investing in the community around us.
A growing pro-natalist movement is gaining traction in American politics, with the Trump administration among those exploring incentives to encourage family growth.
“Along the way, my mom had some pretty tough rules that have mostly fallen out of fashion since those days. But after a few decades, I wonder if they weren’t so bad.”
We tend to jump to, “Let’s go overseas,” instead of going across the street to talk to your neighbors. I think every church has to ask, “God, how can we serve for Your glory, at the size that we are, to the community You planted us in?”
Examination of this data reveals the number of dedicated Christians — those who regularly attend services and who pray daily — has remained consistent throughout the years studied.
