Emotional health – Page 3 – Pastor For Life

Pastors And Pain

March 23, 2010

| Brokenness, Church life, Church people, death, duplicity, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Relationships, Rest, Suffering, Things that drain life, Things that give life

We are rapidly moving toward the celebration of Jesus’ death, and Lent is on our minds for those who observe it. A time in which […]

REWORK … I Gotta Read It! You Do Too!

March 12, 2010

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| Burnout, Church life, Church people, Communication, Creativity, Emotional health, Expectations, Leadership, Life, Pastor, Relationships, success, Things that add life, Things that drain life

I haven’t read this book yet, but after reading this post at TimSchraeder.com, I will be soon! Thanks for concisely boiling this down for us […]

Reducing Stress Proving To Prolong Life

January 6, 2010

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| Burnout, death, Emotional health, Expectations, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Personal Pace, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Things that drain life, Things that give life

FoxNews.com is carrying a story on the effects of stress reduction being proven to add years to one’s life. Honestly, none of us know how […]

The Dark Side of Ministry

November 11, 2009

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| Anxiety, Brokenness, Change, Church life, Church people, death, Depression, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, grief, Leadership, Pastor, Spiritual health, Things that drain life, Tragedy

Milfred Minitrea of the Missional Church Center, wrote a powerful post on his blog that I think deals with the dark side of ministry and […]

Rest That Sleep Can’t Provide

November 4, 2009

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| Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, sleep, Spiritual health, Study & Planning Breaks, Things that give life

Josh Patterson, Executive Pastor at The Village Church in Highland Village, Texas, wrote this great post recently on the topic of real rest … I […]

Even The Contemplative Struggle With Burnout

July 30, 2009

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| 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 […]

Creating a Culture of Balance

July 5, 2009

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| Burnout, Church life, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Expectations, Family, influence, Leadership, Margin, Marriage, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Relationships, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Spiritual health, success, Things that drain life, Things that give life

I recently read a great paper available from Leadership Network on how Pastors in their 20’s and 30’s are dealing with the stress and strain […]

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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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 […]