Ryan NelsonSeveral years ago, the New York Times observed that “members of the clergy now suffer from obesity, hypertension and depression at rates higher than most Americans. In the last decade, their use of antidepressants has risen, while their life...
Lexham PressIn this excerpt adapted from the course Church Leadership and Strategy for the Care of Souls, by Harold L. Senkbeil and Dr. Lucas Woodford, Senkbeil explores the two stages of pastoral burnout—what he calls “pastoral depletion syndrome”—and how to...
Logos StaffThe first you feel when you lay awake at night thinking of all the things your church could be doing, if only you had more time… The second you feel when it’s 9:00 p.m. on a Saturday and you’re just beginning to write Sunday’s sermon, because...
Matthew BoffeyDon’t be a Moses. “Don’t be a Moses?” you think. “But Moses was an incredible leader!” Yeah, an incredible leader who almost burned out. Until Jethro stepped in. In Exodus 18, Jethro came to Moses to see about everything that had been...