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Faithfulness, Renewal, and the Long Work of Leadership
Find a faithful way to continue without confusing responsibility with carrying everything.
The Courage to Continue speaks to people who care deeply about their responsibilities and do not always see the fruit of their effort.
Read the full descriptionWhat sustains you when the work still matters, but the weight has grown heavy?
The Courage to Continue speaks to people who care deeply about their responsibilities and do not always see the fruit of their effort. It brings the pressures of leadership into conversation with faithfulness, grace, human limits, and the possibility of being renewed day by day.
Across twelve chapters, the book considers hidden harvests, discouragement, fragile vessels, responsibilities that are ours, and burdens that were never ours to carry. The question is not how to push harder indefinitely. It is how to receive strength, remain faithful, and trust God with outcomes beyond our control.
For Christian leaders, pastors, educators, and others engaged in the long work of serving people, these pages offer companionship and perspective. Meaningful work can be costly. Continuing faithfully also asks us to learn how we carry it.
The weight of meaningful work and the weariness that can accompany faithful service.
Paul’s encouragement in 2 Corinthians 4 and Galatians 6.
Discerning what is ours to carry while acknowledging the limits of control.
Renewal rooted in God’s mercy, and trust in a harvest we may never see.
Christian leaders, pastors, educators, and people carrying sustained responsibility.
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Dr. R. C. Titus is an author, researcher, and educator whose work explores whole-person formation, educational psychology, emotional intelligence, and the ways learning shapes who people are becoming. As Director of the SNU Lab School and Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at Southern Nazarene University, he brings together research, educational practice, and Christian formation to help educators and leaders cultivate environments where people can grow in wisdom, character, belonging, and purpose.
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