The Pastor and Discouragement

Pastoral ministry can be deeply joyful, but it can also be profoundly discouraging. What happens when the church isn’t growing, conflict won’t resolve, your family is hurting, or one difficult relationship begins to overshadow everything else? 

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
• Developing the Hide of a Rhinoceros by Peter Barnes
• Letters of John Newton by John Newton
• Slogging Along in the Paths of Righteousness by Dale Ralph Davis
• The Clay Pot Conspiracy by Dave Harvey

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