Jul 13, 2021 | Burnout, Emotional Health, Exhaustion, Fatigue, Leadership, Longevity, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Podcast, Uncategorized, Workaholism
One of the hardest things to do for most lead pastors is to separate from work. Pivoting from their professional life to their private life. A Barna research study of 14,000 U.S. lead pastors, published in January 2017, reported that 37% of lead pastors are at medium...
Jun 17, 2021 | Burnout, Calling, Depression, Emotional Health, Exhaustion, Fatigue, Finishing Well, Health, Leadership, Longevity, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Productivity, Uncategorized, Workaholism
One of the hardest things to do for most lead pastors is to separate from work. Pivoting from their professional life to their private life. I know this from personal experience. I had to work really hard as a lead pastor to shut off work once I entered our home....
Mar 11, 2021 | Anxiety, Burnout, Depression, Emotional Health, Exhaustion, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Relationships, Rest, Workaholism
Ah success . . . an oft-used word in our country. Many times, an oft-misunderstood word. Over the next three weeks, we’ll be posting on the subject of success. We’ll look at it through the lens of God vs. the lens of humanity. We’ll talk about how leaders get this...
Jan 14, 2021 | Anxiety, Burnout, Calling, Career, Depression, Emotional Health, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Stress, Uncategorized, Workaholism
According to Barna’s most recent stats, 50% of pastors are currently suffering with depression. Yikes. In sixteen years of working with pastors, I’ve never seen them more stressed as a collective whole than I do now. So I thought it might be a good idea to...
Mar 5, 2020 | Burnout, Depression, Emotional Health, Fatigue, Finishing Well, Leadership, Margin, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Stress, Uncategorized, Work, Workaholism
“Margin is the space between our load and our limits.” ~ Richard Swenson The white space in our calendar (or a lack thereof) is a pretty accurate predictor of the amount of emotional fuel we have in our tank. If our schedule contains long stretches with...
Feb 27, 2020 | Abuse, Anger, Anxiety, Burnout, Depression, Emotional Health, Fatigue, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Missionary, Pastor, Workaholism
We don’t have to do a boatload of things to stay healthy emotionally, just a few. Over the last three weeks, we’ve been focusing on how to build a healthy emotional infrastructure that helps us lead better, lead longer, and enjoy it more. We explored the foundational...
