As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. Psalm 42:1
In the dog days of the sweltering summer when I was ten years old, my family drove across the Mojave Desert to go camping at the Grand Canyon. Our Chevrolet sedan had no air conditioning. The blacktop ahead of us softened in the heat, shimmering surrealistically.
Mom and Dad were up front, Dad driving; my three younger brothers ...
Two Ways to Meet Jesus Helpful approaches for Bible reading and prayer. John Ortberg and Pam Howell
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Jeanne Guyon was a Frenchwoman born in the seventeenth century. Unhappily married at a young age and later imprisoned for her religious beliefs, she sought happiness in God. Her simple, yet fresh instructions on seeing the face of God are excerpted from Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ. (Christian Books Publishing, 1999).
Pray the Scripture
Praying the Scripture involves both reading and prayer. ...
Leaders at Risk Certain personalities are drawn to ministry and depression. Doug Anderson
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Ministers come in a smorgasbord of personality types. My experience suggests, however, that certain styles are more common to clergy. Below, we look at three:
The Grandiose Personality
The grandiose personality reveals itself in displays of arrogance and entitlement. Other people feel taken for granted and frequently used to enhance the minister's own pursuits.
I confess. I've lusted. I've lusted after the kind of church that someone else is pastoring. More than occasionally. Worse yet, I hid my lust by pretending my church was actually better. Or at least just as good.
The object of my lust was worship. I wanted the kind of worship at my church that I saw and heard about at others. I wanted to see people moved by the Spirit during a service. Tears. Joy. ...
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