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FIRST-PERSON: How to pray when you're burned out | Baptist Press
What’s your burnout story? Perhaps COVID-19 is part of your story. Maybe your burnout story involves being overworked, cutting a vacation short due to an emergency or navigating a family crisis. Burnout can cause a loss of zeal for ministry and result in pastors simply going through the motions of…
Beijing battles COVID-19 outbreak
Testing began for 3.8 million Chaoyang district residents on Monday, uncovering one confirmed COVID-19 case in the area. On Tuesday, Beijing health officials reported 92 positive tests since the outbr...
Biden grants first presidential pardons
The White House released a list on Tuesday of President Joe Biden’s first clemency actions since taking office. He pardoned three people and commuted sentences for 75—mostly nonviolent, first-time...
You Should Read the LA Homeless Services Director's Resignation Letter - RELEVANT
Los Angeles Homeless Services lost its executive director Heidi Marston following a dispute with her board over raising the minimum wage for employees. In
Your Anxiety is Lying to You - RELEVANT
When my daughter was young, she had her own room. She loved it—except at bedtime. She was afraid of going to bed alone. So, I would read her a book, pray,
When it's good to question
Many of us take part in the traditions practised by our countries or families without being conscious of the harm some of these practices may bring. We often need physical evidence to verify the danger, and if we haven't seen it, we believe that the activities are completely safe. We must question these practices, know the reason for doing them, and see if they are contrary to the word of God.
Stress tops mental challenges pastors face | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — In the current fast-paced, high-pressure American culture, pastors are stressed, and they know that needs to change. According to the latest release in Lifeway Research’s 2022 Greatest Needs of Pastors study, of all the mental challenges U.S. Protestant pastors face, stress stands out above the rest.…
Five Things Single People Actually Want to Hear - RELEVANT
"Your time will come." "Live it up now, because when you're married, you'll wish you were single." "Well, have you tried putting yourself out there?"
Texas court delays woman’s execution
Melissa Lucio was scheduled for lethal injection on Wednesday for killing her toddler in 2007. The majority of both state legislative chambers had asked the parole board and the governor to intervene....
