Thom Rainer collates responses from seventeen pastors who experienced burnout and recovered. No surprises that it’s a good list to help prevent falling into burnout in the first place. And that the principles transfer to other situations, as well. As usual, there are helpful quotes appended to these at the original post on Rainer’s blog. …
Beautiful true words from Michael Milton in his farewell letter to the students of Reformed Theological Seminary. Always remember that our heroes are not Calvin and Luther, or for that matter Frame and Kelly (although they are my heroes!). Our real heroes are the everyday anonymous saints we serve in the pews, in the parishes, …
What does Sensing Jesus (Zack Eswine, Crossway, 2013) promise? Subtitled ‘Life and Ministry as a Human Being’ Eswine seeks to make the point that each person is apprenticing themselves to a rule, a way of life; and to provide tools for recognizing Jesus and seeking his apprenticing of the lives of his disciples (pg 290). …
Back when I was testing my call to pastoral ministry a phrase I kept encountering was ‘pastor’s heart’. I don’t hear it so much these days amid discussions about various skill sets which are considered desirable for pastors. Thabiti Anyabwile expresses the central necessity of a pastor’s heart in this post from his blog, in …
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