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Bible Detox for Preachers
One of my sabbatical goals was to read through the New Testament this summer – the church leadership called it “scriptural immersion.” I was surprised by my resistance to doing it. My significant burnout was one factor, but that wasn’t the whole story. When I started seminary, I read an article that talked about the danger … Continue reading
Categories: Bible, Church Leaders, Listening to God, Pastor to pastor, Prayer, sabbatical, Undercover Pastor
Tags: Bible, blessing, burnout, detox, God's Word, obligation, prayer, sabbatical, struggle, vocational ministry
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Spurgeon on the challenges of ministry
This devotion was particularly timely as I contemplate the road out of burnout: From Charles Spurgeon’s “Faith’s Checkbook” Choice Men (women too, -ed.) August 27 I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. (Isaiah 48:10) This has long been the motto fixed before our eye upon the wall of our bedroom, and in many … Continue reading
Categories: Following Jesus, sabbatical, Undercover Pastor
Tags: burnout, challenge, hope, struggle
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