• Who cares for your pastor in times of special need?
• What can you do to help your pastor's family on a regular basis?
• Are there steps you can take to ensure your pastor is personally and spiritually nurtured?

While Paul urges the church to "overwhelm them with appreciation and love" (1 Thessalonians 5:13), research and anecdotal evidence shows that most pastors experience little support when they need it the most. The result? One long-time pastor reports that he thinks about quitting the ministry as often as twice a week, and an estimated twenty-five percent...

A personal retreat. We've never needed it more. We run from one place to the next--from meetings and appointments to our kid's soccer practice, from class to work to choir rehearsal, from the grocery store to small group--and then drop into bed later than we hoped, exhausted and dreading the morning. We want to slow down but don't know how and don't really believe that we can. And often, the idea of a personal retreat--time for solitude and silence--makes us feel as anxious as all our frenzied rushing.What in the world would we do with an hour, an afternoon or (gulp ) a whole day of...

For every reader who s bought into the idea of working harder, doing more, smiling bigger, or running faster to get more out of life and then faced disappointment, fatigue, or the unnerving unexpected, award-winning author Jane Rubietta offers relief and irresistible promise."
"Her fresh approach to fifteen of Jesus s familiar but too-often forgotten invitations in the New Testament remind readers of His promise that: "Life" "can be better, " "more sure and satisfying, more beautiful, and truly tasty not just someday, in heaven, but here and now."
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