One rainy afternoon I was driving along one of the main streets of town, taking those extra precautions necessary when the roads are wet and slick. Suddenly, my daughter, Aspen, spoke up from her relaxed position in her seat. “Dad, I’m thinking [...]
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A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and other Servants (Upper Room, 1983) 1982-3 was the most difficult year of my professional life, recovering from a painful divorce from the church to which we had been called a year earlier. [1] But it was also the richest, spiritually. With no other pastoral interruptions, I prayed/read while [...]
25 BOOKS EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD READ (Renovare, 2011) ‘Pray constantly’ (1 Thess. 5:17). The devout Russian peasant-author of The Way of a Pilgrim added: ‘These words made a deep impression on me, and I started thinking of how it could be possible to pray without ceasing when the practical necessities of life demand so much attention’. But a [...]
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JOHN MARK MINISTRIES is a counseling, consulting, preaching, mentoring, seminar and writing ministry, especially for pastors, ex-pastors, church leaders and their spouses. Named after John Mark, the young first century apostle who 'bombed out' of ministry when it was hard, we try to help/encourage pastoral leaders - and others - who are also 'in transition' due to stress and burnout.
(Rev. Dr.) Rowland Croucher