Burnout – Page 4 – Pastor For Life

Do You Need A Nap?

September 9, 2008

| Burnout, Depression, Emotional health, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, sleep, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Things that give life

Think what you will, but everyBODY needs a nap, at least once in a while, if not almost every day. In reality, this post should […]

Feast or Famine

September 1, 2008

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| Burnout, Church life, Creativity, Emotional health, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Rest, Sabbath, Spiritual health, Things that add life, vulnerability

I’m one of those Pastors who happens to live on “church property”. We live in the parsonage right next door to the church. Fortunately, the […]

“Healer” Author Confesses His Real Need For Healing

August 29, 2008

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| Brokenness, Burnout, confession, deception, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Margin, Pastor, Rest, Sex Addiction, success, vulnerability

In no way do I mean for this post to be a judgment or condemnation, nor a condoning, of the sorrowful circumstances that surround the […]

What Else Would YOU Do?

August 28, 2008

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| Anxiety, Burnout, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Life, Pastor, Spiritual health, success, Things that drain life, Things that give life

I enjoyed a lunch appointment today, catching up with a Pastor friend who has just come off of his first Sabbatical that lasted about three […]

When Ministry Is Killing You

August 18, 2008

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| Burnout, Church life, death, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Rest, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life, Things that give life

Who said it? What was meant by it? Did they really even know what they were saying? Somewhere, somehow, we ‘ve lost sight of the […]

The Road To POP

August 15, 2008

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| Burnout, Church life, death, Depression, Emotional health, Failure, Family, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Physical health, Relationships, Rest, Spiritual health, Things that add life, Things that drain life

Mike Foster …. can you make it any more clear than this? I mean, come on, I’m not quite sure I get what you’re saying […]

Your Personal Pace, Part 2

July 17, 2008

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| Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, success, Things that drain life, Things that give life

In this post, I’d like to chat a bit about the different components and stages of your life that ought to play into the determination […]

Your Personal Pace, Part 1

July 16, 2008

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| Burnout, Church life, Church people, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Uncategorized

I recently started driving a new car. It’s a 2001 black Ford Crown Victoria with the Police Interceptor package. It started its life as a […]

Mad Church Disease

July 11, 2008

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| Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Margin, Sabbath, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life

Enjoy this excerpt from Mad Church Disease and read on after it… As much as we may want to, we can never rid ourselves from […]

Sustainable Pastoral Pace

July 4, 2008

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| Burnout, Church life, Expectations, Margin, Rest, success

I just finished listening to Greg Surratt of Seacoast Church, a fast growing, multi-site church in South Carolina. He spoke this week at their monthly […]