Dan Roth - Pastor of Disaster

Last night I had one of those, "Oh,you dummy...." moments.

You know, the kind where you were obviously wrong, and the reason you were wrong is blazningly obvious, and yet it took a train wreck to get you to think about it logically?

About two months ago some of the young adult leaders in our church came to me with a majory issue, presenting itself in two facets. The main issue was that they were feeling worn out and stressed in their lives, and at least part of that was due to the ministry they are involved in.

The first facet was that they were feeling overwhelmed by time demands. The second facet was that they were feeling as if they weren't receiving adequate spiritual nourishment. Of course, what I heard was, "We're tired." My solution was to try to get them to cut back on the amount of ministry they were doing. When someone suggested me leading a weekly Bible study with them (an additional night's commitment to the many hours they are already giving), I begged off for awhile to wait until people had cut back the amount of hours and were (supposedly) then feeling less burdened.

[to be continued]