So we're going to have to work this out, and I'm certainly available to help you decide what areas of ministry to cut. I think it would be important for me to meet with you and Jim. Susan began to cry. She was a bit willful, and she thought her plan was best. But she did agree to arrange for me to meet with her and Jim.
Good workers are hard to find.
When we do find them, we hang on to them with viselike grips. Churches that heal must respect boundaries. For a time, I admit, I dropped the boundaries of my own heart and life and let them become fused with my church. Frankly, I let the congregation's activities and needs, its calls and cries for help, intrude into the sacred areas of my home. We all paid a severe price for that.