As someone who works for the Church I gave an extra flinch as this blog post by the recently widowed Amy Wellborn kicked me in the gut this morning. Do you work for the Church? Are you exceptionally active in ministry? In the Student Center? Do you consider yourself a Churchy person? Do you feel entitled because you have recently experienced pain or grief, worked too much and gotten paid too little, been cut down or brought down by your community? This Lent has been especially painful for many in our community in many many ways. No doubt in this 3rd week of Lent we have all fallen with the weight of our cross on our backs. How do we proceed, picking up our cross once again and carrying it with courage and surrender to the hill of death? With humility. With prayer. With Christ.
Read the article and let me know what you think.
that was really well said. it's so true about how easy it is for your faith to struggle when you're actively involved in ministry. she brings up some great points.
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