February 01 2011, 8:36 am | Blake Hudspeth
About a year ago, a pastor friend of mine bought me a book called "What Matters Most: When NO is better than YES" by Doug Fields (former youth pastor of Saddleback Church in California), left it on my desk and said that it could potentially save my ministry, marriage, and sanity. Needless to say, I read it...and he was right. I made our SSM staff read it...they said the same thing. You might find this exerpt to be helpful as well: "Please slow down long enough to consider the following questions: In your current ministry or leadership...