Things that give life – Page 2

Governor Mark Sanford Could Be You or Me

June 30, 2009

| 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 […]

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 […]

Are You Ready?

January 15, 2009

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| Emotional health, Fun, Humor, Laughter, Things that give life

You gotta have some fun … if you don’t, that’s part of what sucks the life right out of you. I love this video partly […]

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, […]