I received a text from a friend who asked how I and my family were faring right now. I responded simply with, “Surviving well.”
Brandon Cox on Covid Depression, From One Pastor to Another
Covid depression is a real thing. We share this very transparent post with the encouragement that you (or a pastor you know) are not alone.
The Church is Messy, but . . .
The church is messy. We’re often unsafe for the hurting, unkind to those who don’t see the world the way we do, and unlike Jesus in how we relate to people.
God’s Care During a Crisis
We wonder about God’s care: if God can take care of us financially, or physically, or relationally. But God has already proven and established his faithfulness in the most extreme way.
God Uses Crisis for Good
Pastors, God will use this crisis for good. Joseph, eleventh son of Jacob, had a dream that his brothers and parents would someday bow before him. So Joseph shared his dream with his ten older brothers. Their disdain for their youngest sibling grew to the point of wanting to kill him, but his brother Reuben…
“The Problem With My Old Church Was . . .”
I think God is blessing a movement of multiplying churches that are helping to fill the earth with the good news of Jesus. But the side effect of our multiplying efforts is applying of the same church shopping mentality we use at the mall.
