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It's the Little Things About Pastoring that Drives Ministers to Early Graves
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It's the Little Things About Pastoring that Drives Ministers to Early Graves

Jan 11, 2024
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A solemn scene set in a misty, twilight graveyard. In the foreground, a weary pastor, dressed in traditional black clergy attire with a white collar, is digging a grave. His expression is one of deep contemplation and resignation. The grave he is digging is half-complete, with a shovel planted firmly in the mounded earth beside it. The background features silhouettes of ancient, gnarled trees and faded tombstones, shrouded in a thin veil of fog. The fading light casts long, haunting shadows across the scene, enhancing the atmosphere of solemnity and introspection.

By Joe McKeever (joemckeever.com)

…there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches (2 Corinthians 11:28).

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