was on the ocean of life with a road map instead of a compass, and I wasn’t sure how to handle the rudder of the ship. Now, many years and tears later, I think I have a limited grasp of a few of the principles of ministry; and I want to share them with you. As the familiar couplet puts it, Methods are many, principles are few; Methods always change, principles never do. Certainly we need methods to serve God, but we must remember that methods work because of the principles behind them. To adopt a