Yesterday I shared some thoughts on staying emotionally healthy in ministry and today I want to share where most of my emotional upheaval comes from in one word: Expectations Ministry and the church, unlike a corporation, comes with some non-negotiable values built into it that you expect people to embrace. Corporations do not ask you…
I do my best to recycle. I cut up copier mistakes into note pads, I reuse left over wood,. and I salvage trash and turn it into something useful. Recycling bins make it easy to sort your stuff; paper here, plastic here, cans here, trash here. If we had one of these sorters in our…
I was just thinking about this and there are questions I would like my Pastor’s to ask me and maybe you’d like your Pastor to ask you too. If I am missing some please feel free to add yours. These are in no particular order 1. What have you been reading in Scripture? I don’t…
I was just thinking about all the Sunday “duties” a pastor/associate might have in addition to preaching, Touch base with someone Meetings with lots of someones Teach someone Counsel someone Make sure certain people know certain things Announce something The list is endless. In addition, associate pastors have our minds on everything we have to…
