All tagged crisis
Imagine receiving a call telling you to evacuate your home due to a fast-moving fire in your direction and there’s only one road out. What do you take with you? Where do you go, and how much time do you have? Such was our situation on September 4, 2011. I was in shock and had no idea what to do.
Dr. Hebbard explores the common wounds that arise from church leaders and the need for others to understand their causes, signs, and what churches can do to move toward healing.
Of all the challenges and crises that exist in congregations today, the one that I want to name here resides with leaders themselves.
Looking bidirectionally within history, to what people, ideas, and entities can we allow our questions to be vulnerable so they may be changed?
The most pressing question for me is, how are we supposed to navigate the challenge of pastoral care?
If this whole coronavirus mayhem has taught me anything, it’s that we seriously have no idea what is going to hit church leaders next and that panic spreads worse than the virus.
How do we handle spiritual distress as ministers and faith communities? We start by assuring people that distress and crisis are normal.
What do you do when life hits you with grief and pain that is so overwhelming that there are no words for it? If you are a writer with Sonali Deraniyagala’s skill, you write the unspeakable. (Nonfiction)
Satan wanted to rob us of our joy and peace. He wanted us to be afraid and to panic.
Those of us who accept the responsibility of spiritual leadership have high expectations placed on us. But these three things will make a difference.
We may not often reflect deeply about how our own self-awareness plays a crucial role in the capacity to lead in our various settings.
Hard things happen to those you lead, so help them be ready. Pray for your flock, speak truth into their lives, keep them connected to you and to others in their community of faith.
