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There is a difference between a routine , a call , and a calling . The routine is ministry as it unfolds week after week. The call is the invitation extended by a church, a conference, or an employer. But the calling is the divine assignment God places on the soul.   Most pastors understand this distinction. Yet many still move from place to place, from church to church, and from conference to conference. They do not always leave the ministry. They change employers. Some do i

Pastors spend their lives surrounded by people. Yet many live in profound isolation. A pastor cannot fully confess to the congregation. A careless comment can become a rumor. Honest weakness can be misread as spiritual failure. The members want a shepherd, not a fellow patient.