One needs to know the warning signs of burnout and look to ways to activate support and self-care and to discern a clearer alignment with God’s sustainable calling.
Like each of us, pastors are people with needs, capacities, and limitations. These capacities are not limitless despite pressures and messages to the contrary.
In recognizing the crucial role that church leaders play in eradicating the stigma around mental illness, Rick and Kay Warren have set out on a mission to educate others about mental illness.
A careful observation through history demonstrates that the single greatest source of a church’s catastrophic implosion comes not from imperfect theology but from deficient character.
My hope is that we in the church can understand wounds of the soul well enough that we move beyond the stigma we have associated with “mental” illness.
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Biblical Literalism among American Protestants
Being a Pastor: A Perilous Profession, Part 2
Being a Pastor: A Perilous Profession, Part 1
