Do you ever feel like the “laborers are few” in your ministry setting? If so, what can you do to mitigate the situation?

A lot of folks are puzzled as to why Jesus asked his disciples not to go into pagan territory or to visit Samaritan towns on their first foray into ministry.

More than anything else, Jesus has one basic message: The kingdom of God is at hand.

Perhaps you entertain grand dreams of how to live out your Christian vocation. Perhaps foreign missions where you can “gather the lost sheep of the house of Israel,” or cloisters in the desert, appeal to the romantic side of your nature.

We turn to God who fills our hearts with repentance.

The greatest hindrances to the evangelization of the world are those within the church.