by Terry_Powell | Aug 2, 2021 | Depression and Faith
Why do you need encouragement? What affliction or reason for discouragement is threatening your joy? Can you identify with any of the following factors? Things that Generate Discouragement *Inadequacy for a called task or responsibility? *Weariness of mind, body and...
by Terry_Powell | Jul 16, 2021 | Depression and Faith |
For most of my 71 years, I’ve bucked against certain frailties and limitations. I’ve viewed my weaknesses as something that must be overcome, feeling frustrated when, decade after decade of my pilgrimage, I still exhibited those deficiencies or...
by Terry_Powell | Jun 22, 2021 | Bible Teaching and Small Group Ministry, Christian Living in the Trenches, Church Leadership and Ministry, Depression and Faith
Do I listen to my pastor’s sermons, or do I just hear them? To listen implies engaging the mind and processing the preacher’s words. To hear means the sound waves are entering my ear canal but I’m not concentrating on them. What a privilege I’ve...
by Terry_Powell | May 26, 2021 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith
There is more than one type of homelessness. In cities across the United States, homeless individuals sleep on park benches, under bridges and on scraps of cardboard stretched out on sidewalks. In the suburbs of my hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, on busy street...
