The Price of Leadership

Being a leader is wonderful. But it is not without its price.

Bearing Another's Burden

In the Philippines I heard a local pastor use the following parable to illustrate Christ's offer of rest (Matthew 11:28) and the response of people ...

Burden-Bearers

We need people who, as a part of their responsibility in life, will carry the burdens and wounds of other people and be outraged by them.

No Need to Feel Miserable

Often pastors feel guilty if they walk away from a problem and don't feel appropriately miserable. That's neurotic.

The Reward for Our Labor

Our office is a ministry of grace and salvation. It subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude ...

Christ Shares Our Burdens

The heaviest end of the cross lies ever on His shoulders. If He bids us carry a burden, He carries it also.

A Friend in Need

While walking through the mall, I smiled when I heard one elderly lady in a wheelchair say to her companion pushing her, "When you get tired, we'll ...

God's Love, Our Burden

We are challenged today by a modernized recasting of Tertullian's question: What has Boston to do with Bosnia? ... Why should we concern ourselves ...

The Art of Letting Go

To let go is not to care for, but to care about.

To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.

To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a ...

There Is Always Room for Joy

Good Friday came after Christmas, but the angels still sang at the manger. In the midst of the hardest reality of life, there is always a welcome for ...