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The Time Crunch: What to Do When You Can’t Do It All is unavailable, but you can change that!

A Pastor’s Work is Never Done. Sometimes you feel like you just can’t win. While you are praying, you feel you should be studying. While studying you feel you should be out visiting. While visiting you feel you should be with your family. And while you are with your family, you feel you should be spending more time with the Lord. It’s a vicious circle. Driven by both a relentless sense of guilt...

• Agreeing to just one more thing. A while back I received a call from Eunice, a woman who is not a member of my congregation. I’ve worked with her on some community projects; I like and respect Eunice. After a few preliminaries, we got down to the reason for her call. “Would you be willing to serve on the board of the local humane society? It’s just one night a month.” Being a typical pastor, I didn’t want to hurt Eunice’s feelings. I’ve learned, however, that most one-night-a-month obligations
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