Brokenness – Page 2 – Pastor For Life

Even The Contemplative Struggle With Burnout

July 30, 2009

| Anxiety, Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, Church people, confession, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Fun, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Things that give life

You may or may not have heard of Father Peter Norden, founder of a large social justice agency in Australia called Jesuit Social Services and […]

Governor Mark Sanford Could Be You or Me

June 30, 2009

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| Affairs, Brokenness, Burnout, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Relationships, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Spiritual health, success, Things that drain life, Things that give life, Tragedy

It has been stated throughout the unfolding of the circumstance for South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford that he often would retreat after legislative sessions because […]

Erwin McManus & Dave Gibbons on Burnout

June 27, 2009

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| Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Failure, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Things that drain life, Things that give life

There’s an interesting conversation posted over here between Erwin McManus and Dave Gibbons. In it, they share the following on pastoral burnout: ________________________________ How to […]

A Pastor or A Politician? The Unfolding of Governor Mark Sanford?

June 25, 2009

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| Affairs, Brokenness, Burnout, Communication, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Failure, Family, influence, Leadership, Marriage, Pastor, Relationships, success, Tragedy

What’s the difference between a Pastor and a Politician? Both are highly public figures. Both represent something larger than themselves. There are similarities that are […]

Healthy Follow-Up to Gary Lamb Post

June 18, 2009

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| Brokenness, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Failure, Marriage, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Relationships, Sabbath, Sex Addiction, Spiritual health, Things that add life, Things that drain life

After last week’s post about the resignation of Pastor Gary Lamb due to an affair with his assistant, a good friend of mine, who is […]

Another Pastor Down

June 9, 2009

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| Brokenness, Burnout, confession, duplicity, Emotional health, Failure, grief, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Pastor Retreat Centers, Personal Pace, Relationships, Rest, Sabbaticals, Things that drain life, Tragedy, vulnerability

The news has sadly been circulating the internet over the last couple days regarding the confession of Pastor Gary Lamb at his blog of an […]

Ted Haggard, etc. ….

January 25, 2009

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| Brokenness, Church life, Church people, Communication, Community, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, grief, Leadership, Pastor, Sex Addiction, Spiritual health, Tragedy

Having been through some pretty rough pastoral transitions over the years, I am saddened by this week’s news of further allegations of sexual misconduct in […]

Strange Things We Do When God Moves

December 16, 2008

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| Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Things that drain life, Things that give life, vulnerability

I was initially going to title this post “Lakeland Revival Learnings”, based on the recent revival/renewal/spiritual stirring that took place earlier this year in Lakeland, […]

Leadership In Its Right Place

December 13, 2008

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| Anxiety, Brokenness, Church life, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Pastor Retreat Centers, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Things that give life

With this post, I want to introduce you to Dr. Russ Veenker and his wife, Kandy. You can read more below the article on the […]

I Am Second, Are You?

December 8, 2008

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| Brokenness, confession, Expectations, Failure, Life, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life

Have you seen the new website creeping up – iamsecond.com? It’s quite insightful. Anyway, Pete Briscoe, Pastor of Bent Tree Fellowship in Texas, shares a […]