Mind, Body and Soul of a Pastor
“Ministry is sacred, but it is also human, done by people with limits, wounds and a nervous system that can only take so much.” —Mark Mayfield
“Ministry is sacred, but it is also human, done by people with limits, wounds and a nervous system that can only take so much.” —Mark Mayfield
The benefits of having faith stretch far beyond a spiritual checkbox. They seep into how I handle stress, find hope, and relate to others.
Resilience is not that you never get dysregulated or you never get disoriented or you never get discouraged. Resilience means that even when you get disrupted or discouraged, there is an ability, by God’s grace, to recover.
Perhaps the reason I’ve been able to shake off disappointments, betrayals, cynicism, skepticism and distrust was an unusual gift I’d never thought about before: Power of resilience.
Lessons in Staying Rooted in God’s Love
As a rule, we would rather take the path of least resistance, but it truly is the narrow and difficult way that leads to life.
You have two options when your life circumstances take a turn for the worse.
Every leader will face setbacks from time to time; here are characteristics of leaders who last.