Feb 27, 2024 | Burnout, Emotional Health, friendship, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest
Today we wrap up two months’ worth of podcasts about a leader’s well-being. We have taken the following position: Our wellbeing is a matter of obedience not a matter of preference. Today we finish the conversation by exploring what it takes to lead from a full tank....
Feb 22, 2024 | friendship, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor
For leaders, friendships are difficult to find and maintain. Yet from the beginning of the Book, God put it out there for us: “It is not good for the man to be alone.” Genesis 2:18. Jesus modeled it, too. In today’s post, Jaime Hlavin answers these two questions: “Why...
Feb 20, 2024 | friendship, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor
We’ve been talking almost exclusively in 2024 about whole person wellbeing. We’ve talked about working on our wellbeing as a matter of obedience vs. preference; about developing a responsible relationship with ourself; about a new healthy rhythm: our capacity and the...
Feb 13, 2024 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest, Rhythms, Work
We’ve rapped about work/rest rhythms multiple times over the 4+ years we’ve been podcasting together. We’ve unpacked four of them in the past: Daily – Genesis 1:5 – hard edges on workday. Weekly – Genesis 2:2 – a weekly pause. Sabbath Quarterly – reset every 90 days....
Feb 8, 2024 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest, Rhythms, Work
If you’ve followed us here at Converge Coaching for a bit, then you know how we feel about work/rest rhythms. The concept is foundational for so much of what we do to help you stay healthy in leadership. You can probably rattle them off faster than I can list them:...
