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There are some lies we often believe as pastors.
I have a heart for pastors. Maybe it stems from the fact I spent more years as a layperson – deacon, committee member, Bible teacher – than I have as a pastor. I realize how much I didn’t understand about the position. The role has a lot more expectations and pressures than I previously imagined. I always loved and supported the pastor, but looking back, I wish I had been an even better pastor’s friend.
One of the other realities, and it’s rather sobering to me, is how isolated many pastors feel from people in their congregation. Isolation almost always seems to lead to a misunderstanding of reality.
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