Feb 17, 2022 | Abuse, Anxiety, Depression, Difficult people, Emotional Health, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Narcissism, Pastor, Uncategorized
Today’s post is a continuation of our February blog series on mental and emotional health. In it I tackle a subject most of us would rather avoid—protecting ourselves from abuse. In 2 Timothy 4:14-15 the Apostle Paul wrote to his young apprentice, Timothy, “Alexander...
Feb 10, 2022 | Anger, Anxiety, Bitterness, Depression, Emotional Health, Forgiveness, Mental Health, Uncategorized
This is our second segment on the subject of the mental and emotional health. It’s February and in many regions of North America, Seasonal Affective Disorder is in full swing, so we thought it would be good to do four weeks of blogs specifically focused on mental and...
Feb 3, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Emotional Health, Mental Health, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Uncategorized
We live in a time where depression, anxiety, and suicide are on a rapid rise in the United States. The CDC came out with this stunning report: In July 2020, 1 in 4 young adults in America ages 18-24, contemplated suicide due to the pandemic. That’s a 300% increase...
Nov 16, 2021 | Anxiety, Depression, Emotional Health, Mental Health, Pastor, Podcast, Suicide
Historically, the Church has not known what to do with depression, anxiety, or suicide. Our silence in the past was deafening. And while we’re grateful that increasingly, churches are talking about these three enemies more openly, we’re concerned the conversation...
Nov 9, 2021 | Anxiety, Burnout, Depression, Emotional Health, Exhaustion, Leadership, Mental Health, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Podcast
When you love what you do for a living—when work doesn’t feel like work because of your passion for it—you’re at more risk than most of falling into the workaholic treadmill. Pastors, missionaries, and all sorts of ministry leaders (business leaders) are susceptible...
Nov 4, 2021 | Alignment, Burnout, Emotional Health, Exhaustion, Fatigue, Leadership, Longevity, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rhythms
A Barna 2017 Study of 14,000 Protestant Lead Pastors in U.S. revealed that 37% of lead pastors are at medium to high risk of burnout. That percentage has grown even higher in the past two years. Here’s the thing about burnout – getting healed up is not like flipping a...
