Endings are where our theology is tested. It’s easy to preach love while onboarding. It’s harder to embody love when a role must end, budgets tighten, or a leader’s season is complete. Many ministries delay decisions out of loyalty, only to act abruptly when pressure peaks. Others default to corporate scripts that keep the organization safe but leave people bruised and distrustful.

There’s a hum many leaders learn to ignore. It’s not a moral failure or a headline crisis. It’s the steady background noise of decision fatigue, unfinished grief, and the quiet pressure of being needed again tomorrow. Pastors and nonprofit directors become skilled at operating above that noise. But the soul registers it, and sooner or later the warning lights begin to flicker.