Ministers run out of gas too. No—not just in their cars, but in their lives. A good minister is sensitive to the circumstances of their people. A good minister is inquisitive about their parishioners, asking about their sick aunt, about their child away in college, about their health, etc. But if the church folks never … Continue reading
Author Archives: billbruster
The summer of 1992 – A Lesson on Sabbaticals
The memories of the summer of 1992 brighten my day every time they scroll across the screen of my brain. I had been a pastor for 33 years before I took my only sabbatical. My first three churches were student churches and were each three years in duration. I had never heard that sabbaticals were … Continue reading
CBFblog 