Pastoring in a Pandemic: Of Grey Hair and Glory
Having been unable to see my friend, who lives just across the border from me, for roughly two years during Covid-19, I was a little startled when we met and he immediately said to me, “you got grey.” I had, in fact, developed a lot of grey hair, no doubt because of the amount of stress caused by pastoring hundreds of people with different opinions on what the church should or should not be doing. There is a silver lining (no pun intended), of course: I now have glory and splendour (Prov. 16:31; 20:29). Depending on your circles, you may have...