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SOONER OR LATER, EVERY PASTOR NEEDS WHAT MAKES A GOOD PASTOR GREAT: THE STRENGTH TO STAND AND TO STAY. Pastors are maturing. Deepening. They want substance for their congregations—and nourishment for their own soul. THE PASTOR’S SOUL series unleashes pastors to do what really matters. To step beyond skills. To give of their unique gifts. To minister authentically and grow in the intangibles of...

He was on the job early in the morning, before I arrived, and stayed after I pedaled my bike for home. I did not set the pace, he did. I saw myself as working with a human dynamo. This is the attitude I am learning in ministry. Instead of taking all the responsibility on my shoulders, I am trying to imitate Christ, who said, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working” (John 5:17). If Jesus, the Son of God, saw himself in the capacity I was in with the home builder,
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