Mark Broadhead

1 week ago | crestviewbulletin.com | Mark Broadhead

Many of us have been thirsty at one time or another. But have you ever been so thirsty that all you could think about was having something to drink? I have. It is a terrible feeling. The tongue becomes dry. The throat feels like sandpaper. The body starts to react in ways it is unaccustomed to. The brain starts to cry out, “When will this horrible feeling end? When will this thirst be quenched?” Satisfaction becomes an obsession. That is how much our souls long for God.

1 month ago | crestviewbulletin.com | Mark Broadhead

As we move through life, some of these changes can be anticipated. How we manage these transitions is important in our emotional and spiritual development. Some changes are filled with anxiety. Even though we often can’t name that anxiety, it is still felt. And it causes us to behave in ways that we don’t often understand. We are experiencing a great deal of change in our society – which sometimes gets reflected in our congregations.

1 month ago | crestviewbulletin.com | Mark Broadhead

A few will say: Well, I guess it wasn’t meant to be. Some will say: This too shall pass. Others will say: Why do I never get what I want? Still others will say: I don’t want to deal with this unpleasantness. You fix it for me. Give me exactly what I want and demand!How do you respond? Are you able to accept that some things just don’t turn out the way you had hoped or anticipated? Do you kick and scream until you get your own way?

2 months ago | crestviewbulletin.com | Mark Broadhead

Try as he might, he couldn’t get out because the sides were too steep and slippery. He realized he was too far away for anyone to hear his cries for help so he accepted the fact that he was going to have to settle down and spend the night, trusting that someone would find him in the morning. Snuggling into a corner he soon fell asleep. After a short time, another man took the same shortcut through the cemetery and fell into the same open grave. He tried everything he could to get out.

Feb 5, 2025 | crestviewbulletin.com | Mark Broadhead

Make little things bother you: don’t just let them, make them!Lose your perspective of things, and keep it lost. Don’t put first things first. Get yourself a good worry – one about which you cannot do anything but worry. Be a perfectionist: condemn yourself and others for not achieving perfection. Be right, always right, perfectly right all the time. Be the only one who is right and be rigid about your rightness. Don’t trust or believe people or accept them at anything but their worst and weakest.