Dec 10, 2024 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Overworking, Pastor, Rest, Rhythms
In 1900, the Ford Motor Company commissioned a series of tests to determine how long a workweek should be to optimize productivity. Ford discovered the “sweet spot” was 40 hours per week. If you are a pastor, a 40-hour work week is likely a pipe dream. But the...
Dec 3, 2024 | Burnout, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rhythms, Stress
In episode 263 we discussed the seconding leading contributor to pastoral burnout . . . isolation. In today’s episode, we consider the top contributor: The ongoing and immense stress of the role. Stress comes with the pastoral assignment, so what is a leader to do?...
Oct 15, 2024 | Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest, Rhythms, Routines
In last week’s episode 257 John and Jim explored a leader’s most important assignment . . . building a strong inner life. In today’s episode they piggyback on that idea today by unpacking a practical way to get arrive at a stronger inside life . . . responding to...
Sep 26, 2024 | Depression, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest, Rhythms, Sabbath
The quality of our rhythms is an accurate predictor of the quality of long-term fruit we produce. In today’s post, Jaime Hlavin unpacks four powerful rhythms that serve to keep a leader living and leading from a full tank. A growing ministry requires growing...
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:...
