Sojourn Network blog provide seven signs of burnout. I can’t stress enough that I’m not posting this simply for/about pastors. Anyone could suffer this, particularly folk who are in any situation where the situation isn’t satisfying, doesn’t have definable and objectively achievable goals, and has no known conclusion. As the last paragraph alludes, they’re promising …

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The black dog’s barely raised a Monday ‘woof’ for well over six months now, which is sort of a record. J.D. Greear posted three insightful and constructive posts about avoiding burnout last week. Greear credits Brad Hambrick, counseling pastor at their church with this material. Burnout issues are related to the black dog. Not managing …

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Words of encouragement for pastors, church leaders and those who minister from Paul Tripp. A pastor is not scholar in residence or a visiting consultant. I’m thankful for the community of love of which I’m a part at mgpc. We’re not perfect, and we do fail, but that reminds us not to place all our …

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