Receiving Before Serving in Ministry - Hannah Miller King - S7 E4 - FrontStage BackStage with Jason Daye

Before you feed others, are you being fed by Christ? Hannah Miller King shares how communion reframes grief, hunger, and the tension ministry leaders carry.

Ministry leaders spend their lives feeding others.

Preaching. Counseling. Leading. Serving.

But who is feeding you?

In this thoughtful and theologically rich conversation, host Jason Daye sits down with Anglican priest and author Hannah Miller King to explore what it means to receive from Christ before attempting to serve others.

Drawing from her book Feasting on Hope, Hannah reflects on how the Lord’s Table has shaped her through profound loss, unanswered questions, and the ongoing tensions of ministry. Together, they discuss how communion reframes hunger, how some longings remain unsatisfied in this life, and why that is not a flaw in the Christian story.

• The difference between functioning in ministry and being truly formed
• Why ministry must flow from overflow, not exhaustion
• The temptation to feed on ministry success instead of being fed by Christ
• How communion reminds leaders they are hungry children before they are shepherds
• Why some hungers remain unsatisfied — and why that’s part of the Christian story
• Sitting with unanswered questions without rushing to a silver lining
• Receiving from God for your own soul, not just for your next sermon

This episode is not about tidy resolutions. It is about faithfulness in the tension.
This conversation is helpful and encouraging for every pastor or ministry leader who desires to  bring their hunger to Jesus, not to their sheep.

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