Besides practicing self-awareness and the ministry of presence by listening attentively to others to minister to them, regardless of our broken identity, We can show empathy. In other words, we can put ourselves in their position and at their service. If you apply these two aspects, you will be able to reach a level of…
We have read how carrying out a ministry has become a challenge for pastors today. Let’s see how to show self-awareness in your ministry. Social networks, conflicts, the COVID-19 crisis, and the effects it has produced on a social, psychological, and emotional level, among others, have left pastors facing unprecedented challenges, both in their inner…
As pastors, we sometimes see the necessity that you try to rewrite your life story. We face a reality that is not easy to approach, a reality that has become more complex, with unprecedented technological and social components that add more pressure, more scenarios, and more ideologies. All these elements, relatively new, represent challenges for…
It is important to preserve a pastoral identity. Amid a crisis like the one we are currently facing, how do we survive? Get up? How do we fulfill the call that God has made to us? How do I rescue my family and help my church when I am as broken as they are? We…
In 2019, the World Health Organization reported that one in five people experiencing conflict or crisis will have depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. It is very likely that these statistics increase throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Pastors are experiencing a great amount of stress and exhaustion, and some of them are even…
Today, identity is a topic that is found everywhere. So, the lack of knowledge about identity and the identity crisis that many people experience lead them to fall into the trap of a false identity. They can pretend to be something that they are not. Satan wants you to pretend to be what you are…
Let’s see an identity problem example. On August 31, 2004, at 5:00 A.M., a Burger King employee in Richmond Hill, Georgia, found Kyle unconscious, naked, and lying on the ground behind a restaurant dumpster. Kyle’s skull had several injuries from being punched. He was taken to St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital’s Emergency Room in Savannah. He did…
The year 2020 will go down in history as probably one of the most challenging years of our lifetime. We give thanks to God that this terrible year has finally passed, and now we have a new year, a new beginning, a new page to write a new story. You may wonder, how can…
We have often heard the phrase “it is a matter of attitude.” But, do we truly know what it means? Let’s start by defining what attitude is. It is the effect a set of beliefs and values that are relatively stable over time have on the disposition or tendency to act in a certain way.…
I thought I knew how to love, and I won’t have to worry about learning to love. I was married to my beautiful wife, Zoraida. And was ready to make her happy for the rest of her life. So, I was confident that being raised in an Adventist home was more than enough to make…
