Things I Dislike About Ministry Pt. 3
“Work it, make it, do it—makes us harder, better, faster, stronger.” —Kanye West, Stronger
I really do wish ministry was always “Work it, make it, do it—makes us harder, better, faster, stronger,” but the truth is, sometimes it’s also, “Work it, make it, do it—and we still end up with little or no progress at all.”
What I mean is this: the smallness of our actual impact is a discouraging reality.
It’s not always bigger, better, breakthroughs, and bomb-diggityness. Despite our hard work and urgency, we haven’t healed the world (or ourselves, or the individuals in our churches). The actual impact of our efforts is smaller than we’d like. And slower too… Read More
