The reading this week will be 1 Kings 5-6; 2 Chronicles 2-3, 1 Kings 7; 2 Chronicles 4, 1 Kings 8; 2 Chronicles 5, 2 Chronicles 6-7; Psalm 136, Psalms 134, 146-150, 1 Kings 9; 2 Chronicles 8, Proverbs 25-26.
Numerous scholarly works, podcasts, and leadership materials reference a well-known Duke University study that stated 85% of seminary graduates leave the pastoral ministry within 5 years of completing their studies. But rarely do we hear firsthand from one of these individuals. Well, I am one of the 85% who did not persist in pastoral ministry. Allow me to share my story, and if it is a familiar story to you, I pray that this will be an encouragement to your weary soul, and even if ever so slightly, give you hope into believing that God is working in and through...
