Only His Mercies

Spiritual Balm for Avoiding Burnout

When Hurricane Ian recently ran off with our electricity, I had an opportunity to study the behavior of candles. Some, I noticed, burned quickly and reaching their limit, grew dimmer, weaker, and then were no more. That is, they burned out. Slowly, over time, their energy leached away, until they went dark. For some of you this has been your ministerial…