What is Self Care For?

What is Self Care For?

By Peter White I’ve never been on an airplane when the oxygen masks deploy. Countless times, though, I’ve experienced the routine safety measures on a plane: Put the oxygen mask on yourself before attempting to put it on yourself. I sometimes wonder what I...
3 Ways Out of Ministry Burnout

3 Ways Out of Ministry Burnout

By Peter White Burnout can have a way of pouncing on you, like one of the old Calvin and Hobbes cartoons. I can still remember my first panic attack. I say “first” because it wasn’t the only one. I’m walking down the hallway back to my office after a meeting. All of a...
Sabbath For Ministry Leaders

Sabbath For Ministry Leaders

By Peter White “Sunday is a work day.” I have a distinct memory when I worked on staff at a church of the senior pastor saying this to us in a staff meeting. It was a big, downtown church. A lot of stuff happened on Sunday—multiple worship services of...
Two Kinds of Battles

Two Kinds of Battles

by Ken Janke There are two kinds of battles we face in life: internal and external. On the surface, we see the external battles playing out around us—conflicts with others, challenging circumstances, health issues, and more. As James says, there is another battle that...

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