Take A Load Off

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By David Henderson on January 1, 2010 ,

Take A Load Off

I rub my eyes and stare at the legal pad in front of me.

What stares back at me is my To-do list. It's not a pretty sight. It is covered with 10 or 12 hurriedly drawn boxes, each of which is filled and spilling over with dozens of little scribbles: A phone call to return. A meeting to set up. A note to write. A sermon to prepare. A car to service. I feel overwhelmed...

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David Henderson

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David Henderson, serves as senior pastor of Covenant Church, part of the EPC denomination. Before attending Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he received both his Masters of Divinity and his Doctor of Ministry degrees, David studied marketing and management at Miami University and then worked in Brand Management with Procter and Gamble. An atheist until his twenties, he became a follower of Christ during his senior year in college. David’s books include Tranquility: Cultivating a Quiet Soul in a Busy World and coauthored with Haddon Robinson Culture Shift: Communicating God's Truth to Our Changing World.

 

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