Tag: stress

• Pastor Sisyphus’ Bad Day

  “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,     how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting,     what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?  Jeremiah 12:5 Church leadership, especially the pastorate, can feel a little like the plight of Sisyphus…forever pushing…

  Blake

  March 20, 2014

  conflict, Everyone’s a Minister, leadership, Why I Love My Pastor

  assignment, boulder, burden, calling, Jeremiah 12, message, obedience, persecution, preaching, prophecy, sermon, Sisyphus, speaking, stress, struggle, teaching, truth

• What Churches Learn from Conflict

  Tuesday Re-mix – This is a popular post from last year, updated and resubmitted for your consideration and comments. Every church conflict is unique in many ways.  The mix of personalities, the history, and especially the specific facts and circumstances cover a huge range of possibilities.  But they all have some things in common as…

  Blake

  December 1, 2009

  Church Unity, conflict, Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership

  church, conflict, Discerning God’s Will Together, focus, leadership, lessons, regrets, relationships, stress