
Everybody hurts, everybody cries
Brad Franklin’s book When Sorrows Like Sea Billows Roll has proved to be a source of solace and direction for those who face bereavement. Brad writes from his own personal and painful experience of losing his wife Megan in 2019.…

Why should I encourage my Pastor? Some answers from Spurgeon
October is Pastor Appreciation Month, an opportunity for churches and individual church members to actively encourage and express gratitude to those who serve Christ Jesus faithfully in the local church. While there is always an inherent danger in designating a…

Appreciating Your Pastor Pt.3: Praying for Your Minister on a Monday
Monday mornings are a strange beast for many serving pastors. The services, to which they have pitched and pointed much of the previous week, are now past; their preaching is done and another week beckons. For some pastors this is…

Appreciating Your Pastor Pt.2: Honest Talk about Pastoral Challenges
Pastors and Mental Health By far and away the biggest issue that puts church leaders out of ministry altogether is poor mental health. A piece of research by Lifeway in 2022 said over 1 in 4 pastors had struggled with…

Appreciating Your Pastor Pt.1: Cultivating Unseen Care
October is Pastor Appreciation Month, an opportunity for churches and individual church members to actively encourage and express gratitude to those who serve Christ Jesus faithfully in the local church. While there is always an inherent danger in designating a…

Five Ways to Help Your Pastor to Rest
In recent weeks we have been considering the concept of rest – its vital importance physically, its Christ-centred blessing spiritually, and its hope-engendering power eternally. As this series of articles draws to a close, it seems fitting to think about…

How Can I be Sure of Final Rest?
Any series of articles on the Christian faith and the theme of rest, must reckon with the fact that the gospel of Christ Jesus concerns itself not just with temporal rest but final or eternal rest. In this article, we…

How does Jesus speak of labour and rest?
Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for…


