A number of years ago, I was serving as the youth minister in a church which was experiencing a significant amount of turmoil. There was grief over a recent pastoral change, unhappiness with the current pastoral leadership and uncertainty about the direction the church was headed. It was a difficult time for everyone, especially for the church staff. We had to try to stand in the middle, listen and care for other people in their pain, and at the same time deal with our own pain and struggle to understand where God was in the turmoil. The turmoil did...
