Sabbath/Sabbath-keeping
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Posted on November 1, 2011, 2:24 am | 3 comments
Topics: Spiritual Health
When we're running on empty, in overdrive, going from commitment to commitment, we barely seem to have time to sleep, let alone rest or take Sabbath time... but that's exactly what we need to do. We have to stop, and take a moment to ponder "is what I'm thinking, saying and doing WORTH thinking saying and doing?"
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Posted on November 19, 2010, 10:00 am | 2 comments
Topics: Congregational Life
How many of us preachers feel overworked, stressed out? (I have never complained about being underpaid, though some colleagues are. In fact, I often say, “You can’t pay me enough for what I do, but I’m not complaining, because this pastoring business is more than a job; it’s a vocatio.”)
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Posted on January 5, 2010, 12:12 pm
Topics: Planning Worship
Sustained Hospitality Requires Learning to Rest: In order to sustain a healthy and fruitful ministry, those of us called to serve a particular worshiping community as lead worshipers must confront the “frantic challenge.” This is true simply because there are, and always will be, greater needs than our pastoral capacity to meet them; more injustices than we have time to address; more hurts than we have time to attend to; more troubles than we can counsel; more spiritual explorers than we can disciple; more good strategies than we can implement; more worship services than we can be fully present at . . .
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