by Terry_Powell | Oct 23, 2023 | Church Leadership and Ministry, Depression and Faith
Pastors typically have a strong sense of calling to ministry. Many experience deep satisfaction in seeing lives change and knowing they’re investing in eternal realities. Yet serving as a pastor is more pressure-packed than church members realize. According to a...
by Terry_Powell | Aug 14, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Church Leadership and Ministry
Please pray that you don’t become too familiar with the word around which I am framing this post. There is a kind of darkness far worse than major depression. “Oh Lord, use my reflections on this one alarming word to keep us out of that darkness.”...
by Terry_Powell | May 2, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Church Leadership and Ministry, Depression and Faith |
Do you recall a time when unrestrained joy filled your soul to the brim? Who or what generated such exuberance? Have you gleaned a truth from God’s Word that burst through your mind, flooding your heart to such extent that you cried aloud with joy and uttered...
by Terry_Powell | Feb 17, 2022 | Church Leadership and Ministry, Depression and Faith
Can stress that’s caused by work overload and schedule imbalance turn out for our good? How does God redeem burnout? What can we learn from mental, emotional and physical exhaustion? In what sense is a stressful situation a means of God’s grace? Those...
by Terry_Powell | Sep 10, 2021 | Bible Teaching and Small Group Ministry, Christian Living in the Trenches, Church Leadership and Ministry |
What happens on the inside is far more important than external attractiveness. In the late spring of 1999, I was the teacher of record for a European tour that offered college academic credit for recent high school grads. The students had just received their diplomas...
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...
