Jared Wilson writes about three elements of personal management that should be part of pastoral life. The third element Margin is the one that most pastors have the hardest time with because it is individual and can’t be controlled by a formula or program. Margin is similar to rest, but it’s not about not working, …
This article about Transition Without Relocating is helpful. “The pastor transitions (internally), but doesn’t relocate (externally).” Never Stop Learning is the first principle. The rest are here.
This video is directed towards pastors and other Christian ministry workers, but is applicable to everyone. The danger of allowing a role to define your identity is that every role has a limited time frame. When the role ends identity can come adrift. Identity for the Christian must be found in the eternal.
Trying to lead a local church to have less organised activities seems to be a constant struggle. Jared Wilson has an extended post which includes ten observations about the tendency to have lots going on. Here’s a few of them: 2. Over-programming creates an illusion of fruitfulness that may just be busyness. 4. Over-programming runs …
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