As promised, Jason Helopoulos (guest-blogging for Kevin DeYoung) provides 14 ‘Mom-tested’ tips to encourage children who are present during corporate worship. These reflect the gentle resolve present in Helopoulis’ first post. Well worth sharing with congregations. Focus on this moment throughout the week: Talk about Sunday morning worship all week long. Help your children to …
In transit yesterday, reading Spiritual Seasons by Mark Buchanan, one of the ideas I came across was that the pastor is an occupational enemy of nostalgia. Remembering past blessings is not only okay, it is absolutely imperative for spiritual health and vitality. Problems emerge though when ‘our instinct for heaven’ finds itself ‘rummaging in the …
Horatius Bonar on the kinds of men used by the Holy Spirit: 1. They are in earnest: “They lived and labored and preached like men on whose lips the immortality of thousands hung.” 2. They are bent on success: “As warriors, they set their hearts on victory and fought with the believing anticipation of triumph, …
Sojourn Network blog provide seven signs of burnout. I can’t stress enough that I’m not posting this simply for/about pastors. Anyone could suffer this, particularly folk who are in any situation where the situation isn’t satisfying, doesn’t have definable and objectively achievable goals, and has no known conclusion. As the last paragraph alludes, they’re promising …
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