Author: Daniel Kim

Humility: The Pastor’s Weapon Against Self-Doubt

Pastoral counselors often experience emotional exhaustion while providing care for their congregation. Unfortunately, these draining emotions frequently accompany a sense of ineffectiveness and self-doubt, making pastors feel unqualified to continue their counseling ministry. How can pastoral counselors combat these unpleasant feelings of exhaustion and self-doubt? Throughout the years, I discovered that pastors struggling with these issues could find much strength and hope through humility. So, I suggest three types of humility pastors need when fighting against self-doubt and emotional exhaustion encountered in their counseling ministry. Continue Reading →

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Martin Luther’s Counsel for Pastors Suffering From Pastoral Mistakes

Mistakes are unavoidable in pastoral ministry. Even the most seasoned pastors say or do things when preaching or in counseling ministries that unintentionally hurt their sheep. Typically, pastoral mistakes do not create considerable problems in the church. However, when they do, they can explode into major issues. How can counselors give wise advice to suffering pastors? For such perplexing situations, we can benefit from the counsel of veteran pastors, in particular, the Reformation hero Martin Luther. Continue Reading →

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