"Learning to Minister to Others Like a Mother and Like a Father." Having started the church at Thessalonica, Paul loved each person there. The outworking of that love was like that of a mother and of a father. Sometimes love means being gentle, cherishing, giving, and hard working, like a mother. Sometimes love means being challenging, exhorting, or setting a good example, like a father. There were lessons mothers had taught the minister and lessons fathers had taught him, and they also have much to teach each of us tonight."