Category Archives: christianity

Dealing with Burnout…

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Have you heard stories of people who have just walked away from their lives? I’m sure you’ve heard of pastors who have been successful in ministry and just walked out. Maybe you know of marriages that have fallen apart because one of the partners just couldn’t keep on keeping on. Or maybe you’ve heard of a college student who was working hard — pushing himself or herself to do well and dropped out in mid-semester. They just burned out. Burnout is something that many people deal with at one point or another in life. Some people seem to stand at the brink of burnout throughout their lives.

This sermon is to help you overcome it or even avoid it.

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Moving from Fear to Faith…

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One of my favorite stories is of the man who entered the police station to pay a parking fine and noticed an old woman just ahead of him was trembling all over. He paid his three dollars and was about to leave when he saw the woman sitting on a bench in the corner absorbed in a book, still trembling.

“What’s the trouble? Is there anything I can do?” he asked. Continue reading →

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The ShieldsGroup Adage

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“There are certain things in this world God has for you to do; and you are just the right person to do them.”

All Christian parents desire that their children follow God; that they be what God wants them to be and do what he wants them to do. As parents, Laurel and I want to affirm to our children that they are important to God. As Larry the Cucumber says, we want them to know that “God made you special, and he loves you very much.” We want them to believe that their mission in life must be tied to his purpose — even driven by it. Continue reading →