Sometimes Retreat Is the Best Solution
By Mark A. Taylor Many of us can”t fully appreciate what it”s like to be a church”s minister. We haven”t lived in their fishbowl world. We don”t know the feeling of being perpetually on call. We”ve seldom lost a day off or canceled a family outing or cut short a vacation because of a church member”s crisis. We don”t know the exhaustion that follows preaching or the tension that accompanies leadership. Many of us haven”t depended on a score of volunteers to see our mission accomplished. Many haven”t faced opposition, criticism, and second-guessing. More than one associate minister, eager to
