One of the hardest jobs in ministry is keeping your own relationship with God where it needs to be.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I see everything I do as an extension of the ministry. It's all about service.
The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
We ministers have undoubtedly failed to connect and apply Christianity to the practical everyday problems of the average man. In this, we have failed to follow in Christ's footsteps. For the religion which He taught and revealed in His own life and ministry was an intensely practical and down-to-earth affair.
From the beginning, this has been a faith-based ministry.
I have always hoped that it might be possible to conclude my ministry as I had begun it, as a parish priest, and this I believe to be the call of God.
While I am the one who made the choice to enter the ministry, there was a choice before that one, the choice God made in calling me to be his in the first place.
As long as God gives me the strength to still minister and create, I'll do it.
Pastoral ministry is a sacrificial call with unique challenges. We are called to take the Gospel to those with hard hearts and blind eyes.
I know the world is hungry for good ministry.
Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community.