Source: Eva Burkholder<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lord God, I\u2019m so weary.
I feel like I could cry but not sure what about.
I\u2019ve run a sprint and I need to pause. Rest. Reset.
It felt like a successful sprint.
I reached my goals. I survived.
I served. I taught. I empathized and encouraged.
I adapted. I pivoted.
I listened a lot. I prayed incessantly.
I invited co-workers into rest.
I heard hard stories and
know that some aren\u2019t doing as well
as I\u2019d like them to.
I made recommendations.
I shared resources.
I nudged toward restoration
and gave the gift of presence.
I also laughed heartily,
soaked in the beauty of your creation,
witnessed your healing and reconciliation,
saw them relax and breathe deep,
find solutions and next steps.
You enabled me to serve well. And I am grateful.
But now I\u2019m tired and depleted…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full liturgy<\/a>, especially if you serve in ministry leadership or a missionary care role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The author co-wrote a helpful book that came out earlier this year, Grit to Stay Grace to Go<\/em>. Read our review<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Eva Burkholder Lord God, I\u2019m so weary.I feel like I could cry but not sure what about.I\u2019ve run a sprint and I need to pause. Rest. Reset. It felt like a successful sprint.I reached my goals. I survived.I served. I taught. I empathized and encouraged.I adapted. I pivoted.I listened a lot. I prayed incessantly.I … Continue reading Liturgy: After Times of Intense Ministry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12334,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12333\/revisions\/12334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}