Articles by Mark LaFollette

Finding Ezra: Embracing the leader that you are

November 2017

Is this it? Is this all ministry is going to be for me?” A pastor blurts out an audible prayer as he stares out the window. Six years out of seminary, he is now two years into his second church. Not that everything was bad. People say: “Your…

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The Pastor's PTSD: When you cannot bounce back after the conflict is over

January 2016

While flipping through the newspaper, she spotted an article about women who have served in war and come home broken, suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD.) As she read their stories of struggling through chronic fear, she thought, This…

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