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Rest That Sleep Can’t Provide

November 4, 2009

| 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 […]

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 […]

Summer Days Got You In A Daze?

June 23, 2009

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| Anxiety, Burnout, Church life, Depression, Emotional health, Expectations, Failure, Family, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Relationships, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Things that add life, Things that drain life

Summer brings with it all of its splendor and, hopefully, the anticipation of some down time with family and friends. How are you facing it […]

Good Stuff Coming From Gary Lamb’s Pain

June 20, 2009

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| Burnout, duplicity, Emotional health, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Failure, Leadership, Pastor, Relationships, Rest, Sabbath, Sabbaticals, Spiritual health, Things that add life

When I speak of anything good coming from someone’s pain, it’s not news to any real leader. The best stuff of life and ministry, especially […]

If You’re Getting Very Sleepy….

June 12, 2009

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| Burnout, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Personal Pace, Physical health, Rest, sleep, Things that add life

I’ve posted about sleep before here. Napping, in particular. Numerous studies show that most of us are NOT getting the amount or the quality of […]

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 […]

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Conference is THIS week!

April 28, 2009

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| Emotional health, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Pastor, Relationships, Rest, Sabbath, Uncategorized

I just arrived in New York City, Queens as a matter of fact. I am excited for this year’s Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Conference. I plan […]

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 […]

Post-Holiday Intense Life Patterns

January 25, 2009

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| Church life, Church people, Emotional health, Family, Fun, Leadership, Life, Margin, Pace of life, Personal Pace, Relationships, Rest, Things that drain life, Things that give life

Is it just me, or do you find that your counseling requests increase right after the holidays with INTENSE situations? Over the first three weeks […]

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 […]