by Geneece Goertzen | Aug 4, 2022 | Opinion
I asked a friend how he was doing the other day. He said he was tired, which he said was interesting because he was doing less than he had been doing this time last year. But I acknowledged some large life events and changes that had recently occurred for him. And he...
by Elizabeth Denham Thompson | Aug 31, 2020 | Opinion
“I have anxiety fatigue,” a clergy colleague commented with exhaustion in her voice. Everyone else in the Zoom meeting immediately identified, and stories of what was happening personally and professionally came spilling out. Threaded through it all was a despair over...
by Reggie Warren | Mar 28, 2013 | Opinion
I only heard the phrase “compassion fatigue” a few years ago, but I knew what it meant even before I heard it defined. I know I am not as good a Christian as some, but fairly often, I feel burned by someone I am trying to help in some material way. Sadly,...
by Randy Hyde | Feb 14, 2013 | General
A sermon by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ar. February 10, 2013 Psalm 138:1-8; Luke 5:1-11 A local pastor does television spots, perhaps you’ve seen them, and in one of them he quotes a sign that he says graces a major league...
by Bill Wilson | Nov 9, 2011 | Opinion
A friend recently shared with me a daily devotion that pointed out the story in Exodus 17 regarding Moses’ arms. As long as Moses held his staff with his arms aloft, the Israelites prevailed in their battle with the Amalekites. When he grew weary, Aaron and Hur...