Over the past several months of counseling and conversations with men and women in ministry, there is a very common theme that continues to surface, a particular statement that seems to be voiced in almost ever conversations…”I’m tired.” Aren’t we all? To not be tired in a season like this would almost be, un-human. Tired […]
Over the past few weeks, our world has seen particular violence and outcries to that violence. It’s a violence that has made us forget that there was even a pandemic and has reminded us vividly that our humanity and our world and our history is still broken and groaning for redemption. I know that all […]
Wife. Mom. Sister. Daughter. Friend. Church Planter. Pastor’s Wife. Counselor. Teacher. Chef. Project Manager. Referee. This list of roles and responsibilities seems to have grown by quite a bit over the past few weeks. And before all of this, if I am honest, I was barely getting by with what I already had on my […]
Well, here we are. Living in a world we never imagined or desired. As much as we may try to ignore it, it’s reality, and it’s global. A lot of adjustments have been made over the past couple of weeks. Changes we never dreamed of having to make and challenges we never anticipated facing. I […]
To be unraveled is a good thing. We hold ourselves so tightly. Our thoughts. Our emotions. The stresses of our days. The agendas, schedules, deadlines, meetings, programs; let’s just say the distractions of life, wind us up into knotted messes of anxiety, depression, worry, doubt, anger, indifference…you get the picture. I was there. I didn’t […]
This may sound a little funny, but the other day I was thinking about the game “Marco Polo!” and how it related to pastors. I am a pastor. I work with pastors. I’m growing in my understanding of the challenges that pastors face. I’ve worked with church leaders who were burnt out, fired, caught in […]
“For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerful works within me.” Colossians 1:29 To live is to struggle. I have yet to encounter a season of life that didn’t contain some sort of struggle. Whether it be financial, relational, emotional, spiritual, or mental there has been struggle. There isn’t a human […]
“O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.” (Psalm 139:1-3) Passages like this one aren’t telling us how to get close […]
Lesser Things, For Greater Things We are two weeks away from Easter Sunday. For many, it will be the one time of year they wake up, put on their pastels, and make it to some church worship gathering. For others, it will be the end of Lent—a season leading up to the joyous celebration of […]
“…Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’” John 20:19 _____________________________________ This past Saturday, the day between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday, I kept thinking about the disciples and how they felt. Waiting in silence. Not knowing. Unsure. Questioning. All hopes shattered, broken to pieces like glass falling to […]