Follow Pathways to Spiritual Health

Follow Pathways to Spiritual Health In the last post I suggested some ways to encourage your own spiritual health.  This is a continuation of that subject.  One of the best means to spiritual growth is to follow  your individual pathways…

Staying Healthy Spiritually Is Imperative

Staying Healthy Spiritually is Imperative Staying healthy spiritually is imperative for the preacher during times of crisis, like this pandemic we are going through.  We have been looking at the importance of taking care of yourself in this…

The People Around You Are Important To Your Health

The People Around You Are Important To Your Health We've been looking at various aspects of preaching during a world-wide pandemic in this blog.  Specifically, we've been exploring how to stay healthy as you face the stress of this time.  Today…
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Mental and Emotional Health for Preachers

Mental and Emotional Health for Preachers In the last post we began looking at the issue of self-care for preachers who work in a time as stressful as this pandemic.  Today we are going to look further at how to encourage mental and emotional…
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You Need To Take Care of Yourself

You Need To Take Care of Yourself We have been looking at how to preach in a pandemic in these posts.   This is the eleventh post in this series, and here is the link to the first in case you want to catch up.   In this essay we are going…

God Does Not Over Promise and Under Deliver

God Does Not Over Promise and Under Deliver People in a pandemic may experience a testing of their faith.  They need to know that God does not over promise and under deliver to us.  That's the theme of this post, one in a series on…
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Love Wins The Day

Love Wins The Day One of the big lessons we can learn from church history in regard to preaching during a pandemic is simply this: love wins the day as we care about other people.  We've been looking at how to preach during a pandemic in these…
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He Will Hold Me Fast

He Will Hold Me Fast He will hold me fast is the title of an old hymn, copyrighted in 1906 by Charles Alexander, music director for Evangelist R.A. Torrey.  The music was composed by Robert Harkness, a pianist who took words provided…

A Crisis of Faith

A Crisis of Faith One of the people I came to appreciate in my life is named Brennan Manning.  His best-known book is Ragamuffin Gospel, in which he makes the point that we all appear as ragamuffins before God.  In other words, we are…
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If God Loves Me, Why

If God Loves Me Why? If God loves me why can’t I get my locker open?  That’s the title of a book that was published many years ago, but the title has stuck with me.  It brings up the practical and repeating question of Why?   When things…