Even though it is Advent on the near horizon, I feel as if I am caught somewhere between Moses in the wilderness with the people of God and Jesus in the wilderness with his temptations. Last March, I watched as friends and colleagues on the coasts struggled with the number of COVID cases and deaths. […]
Hard weeks by Kirk Moore
A member of the congregation I serve died a couple of weeks ago. It was awful. Many of the networks of people and many of the feelings surrounding their untimely death has left the congregation, their friends, and me very unsettled. They’re’s grief, confusion, anger, exhaustion, anxiety, and a whole lot of really unknown feelings. […]
Suicide Prevention: Saving Pastors’ Lives
Mental health challenges are more personal than ever before because of the collision of the COVID-19 pandemic, racial unrest, political unrest, and economic uncertainty. Now pastors are navigating not only the mental wellness of members of their congregations but also daily stressors that put their own mental wellbeing in jeopardy. Pastors in America today are […]