Category Ministry

Rest is Not a Reward for Productivity

By Monday, January 9, 2023 Anxiety, Counseling, Depression, Family, Feelings, Humility, Identity, Idolatry, Life in general, Maternal Soul Care, Ministry, Pastors, Soul Care, Spiritual Grit, Spiritual Growth Permalink

It’s a new year and now is the time we hear a lot about “A new year, a new you!” The holiday season in the West is focused on activities, concerts, parties and getting as much done as one can to prepare for guests or to be out of the office. All this preparation is important to us for various reasons. For some, it can be a desire to celebrate the season with others. For others, there can be a desire to impress others or be perceived a certain way by hosting these activities, leading them, or landing that final ...

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3 Ways Pastors Can Help Women and Families Experiencing Postpartum Depression

By Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Anxiety, Baby blues, Christian Women, Counseling, Depression, Family, Maternal Mental Health, Maternal Soul Care, Ministry, Mommy Stuff, Pastoral Counseling, Pastors, Paternal Soul Care, Perinatal Mood Disorders, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Panic Disorder, Postpartum Support, PTSD, Reproductive Psychiatry, Soul Care, Women Permalink
Postpartum Depression

This post originally appeared on Careleader.org March 2018. As a pastor of a congregation with young families you may have small groups, a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) ministry, Awana, and more. Your church may also be blessed to have a meals ministry to help individuals and families after a surgery or birth of a child. Your church is probably well equipped with support ministries for families to help disciple their children and to provide encouragement and teaching for parents. But how equipped are you to minister to families experiencing postpartum depression or postpartum anxiety? Did you know that 1 in 5 women will experience maternal ...

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When Anxiety Takes Over

By Friday, October 27, 2017 Anxiety, Counseling, Ministry, Missions, Pastors, Soul Care, Spiritual Growth Permalink

Today's guest post is written by Pastor, Professor and Missions Mobilizer Dave Shive. He is the author of Night Shift, released in April 2001. Based on Psalm 40:1-3, Night Shift is an easily understood and thoroughly biblical explanation of how God uses affliction to prepare His children for greater usefulness to Him. Since 2009, Dave and Kathy have served as full time mission mobilizers on staff with Frontier Ventures (formerly the US Center for World Mission) in Pasadena, CA. Dave and Kathy have been married for 49 years and live in Catonsville, MD. They have three married children, Dan, Mike, and Becky and are the proud grandparents of 11 grandchildren. You ...

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