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Another Pastor Down

June 9, 2009

| 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 […]

Study & Planning Break

February 4, 2009

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| Burnout, Fun, Leadership, Margin, Message Preparation, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Sabbaticals, sleep, Spiritual health, Study & Planning Breaks, Things that drain life, Things that give life

One of the practices I learned about through my burnout experience several years ago is the importance of getting away regularly for the purpose of […]

I’ll Be Toast on Thursday! You?

December 22, 2008

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| Anxiety, Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Things that drain life, Things that give life

Thursday is Christmas Day, and I am as excited about it as anyone gets. I remind our church all through the year how many days […]

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, […]

A Video Tell-All On Us Pastors?

November 29, 2008

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| Burnout, Church life, Church people, death, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, sleep, Spiritual health, Things that add life, Things that drain life, Uncategorized

ht: Anne Jackson

Dispelling Some Myths About Depression

November 21, 2008

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| Anxiety, Brokenness, Burnout, Depression, Emotional health, Pastor, Physical health, Spiritual health

Anne Jackson, author of the soon-to-be-released Mad Church Disease: Overcoming the Burnout Epidemic, and blogger-extraordinaire at Flowerdust.net, wrote about depression in words that are more […]

Leading On Empty

November 12, 2008

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| Brokenness, Burnout, Church life, Depression, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Spiritual health, vulnerability

If you’re following Pastor For Life, you know we’ve been somewhat chronicling the story of Pastor Wayne Cordeiro through his recent heart surgery and his […]

Adrenal Letdown

October 27, 2008

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| Burnout, Depression, Emotional health, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, sleep, Spiritual health

I’ve heard it said that preaching for an hour can equal the energy output of 3-4 hours worth of work. Multiply that for Pastors who […]

Pastor Wayne Cordeiro Resting After Heart Surgery

October 4, 2008

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| Burnout, Communication, influence, Leadership, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Rest

Wayne Cordeiro, Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship (a Foursquare Church, the tribe I am part of) in Honolulu, Hawaii, is resting and recovering from […]

Distractions Extraordinaire

October 1, 2008

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| Anxiety, Burnout, Church life, Creativity, Emotional health, Leadership, Life, Margin, Message Preparation, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Things that add life

You don’t have to be in ministry to know both the rush and frustration of distractions. We want to know how we can avoid them, […]