Ok, time for a confession. I love video games. I have played video games on a somewhat regular basis since I first sent Pac-Man flying across the screen gobbling up pellets and power pellets on my Atari 2600. From there, I swung across alligators in Pitfall, moved on to the NES as Mario and Link, … [Read more…]
At one point in my ministry, I ran across an interesting church situation: A quaint country church who couldn’t seem to keep a pastor. This church, like many of our SBC churches, was a smaller church outside a small population center. The 30ish congregants were farmers and blue collar families with an average age around … [Read more…]
If I asked you to name the first jobs that come to mind that promote burnout, what would you say? ER Doctors? Nurses? Policemen and firefighters? Special education teachers? These are all accurate answers, but many may not realize that Pastor makes the list. Within the scope of the counseling side of pastoral ministry, pastors … [Read more…]