Dear Pastor, Keep This in Mind When There is “Too Much to Do”

Posted on December 4, 2024 
Filed under Encouragement, Resources

Crossway has published this article adapted from Letters Along the Way: From a Senior Saint to a Junior Saint by D. A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge –

“I’ve been asked if I have any suggestions for sorting out how to live when there is ‘too much to do.’ With the preface in mind that the ‘preacher practiceth not what he preacheth,’ here are a few thoughts …

My father was once conversing with me about how he had lived his life. Almost poignantly, he said: ‘Son, I wish I had done fewer things better.’ I was young then, and I did not really understand what he meant. …”

– See the eight pieces of advice for those who feel overwhelmed in ministry with ‘too much to do’.