While on vacation I did some reading. One of the books I read was Liberating Ministry From The Success Syndrome by Kent and Barbara Hughes. Kent Hughes served as Senior Pastor of College Church, Wheaton, IL for 27 years. I took the book along because I was trying to understand why, given a wonderfully supportive congregation, I was feeling so stressed and tired. The book helped me start thinking and I want to share with you some of my story.

Its ugly head reared itself in 1983. The roots were undoubtedly already there but in 1983 the weed began to grow. Mine is a common weed with a common name – FEAR. (more…)