Avoiding Pastoral Pitfalls: A Guide to Surviving and Thriving in Ministry AUTH-9045603 Things take a darker turn

Things take a darker turn

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Avoiding Pastoral Pitfalls: A Guide to Surviving and Thriving in Ministry AUTH-9045603 Things take a darker turnJames P. Osterhaus offers pastors tangible and much needed advice to help them at work and in their personal lives advice that they do not often hear in seminary. More and more, men and women who minister find themselves depressed. Their marriages are often in trouble. Their families are negatively affected. Often, they have few if any close friends. Over the years, Osterhaus has coached and counseled hundreds of these ministers from various