A Word of Encouragement for Ministry Leaders: Practice "Where Are You?"
Practice "Where are you?" It’s an honor to be here, to be asked to encourage ministry leaders who serve here and in this region. I stubbornly and doggedly am convinced that pastors, shepherds, teachers, spiritual directors in all their forms and degrees do the most important job in the world. The greatest challenge of ministry is finishing—and finishing well. How do we become people that can endure till the end? Better yet, how can we become people who thrive? I don’t pretend to have the answer to this question. But I would like to share with you a practice that I have found to be sustaining and life giving. Orienting Your Day with “Where are you?” For the past three years (with varying degrees of consistency), I have incorporated a practice into my morning routine—one that emerged both as a result of my study of Genesis 3, but also from becoming more aware of some of my own self-sabotaging patterns. Rather than starting my day journaling about all the things I...