Leadership and Soul Care

Inside the Sept/Oct 2013 Issue

Leadership and Soul Care

You could say this issue is preventative, encouraging pastors and leaders to avoid burnout, but it’s much more than that. The stories, ideas and interviews you’ll discover in this issue from voices like Mindy Caliguire, Pete Scazzero, Bob Goff and many others, serve as an invitation to experience the freedom, joy and power that comes from abiding in Christ.

Long-time readers of Outreach will recognize a distinct voice rising again and again from the pages of this issue: Your voice. Pulse tells the stories of creative outreach—they’re your stories. Flip to the back of the magazine and you’ll find church-tested ideas for any church, any size—your church, your ideas. And in this issue, 23 leaders relate the best soul-care advice they’ve received (or given).

Whenever we turn to leaders and readers to share lessons learned, those thoughts are expressed with disarming candor. So we commend another issue of your own magazine to you, confident you’ll find in it hope and encouragement for the journey.

Don’t Miss

The Path to Emotional Health

Pete Scazzero highlights signposts to life-giving leadership

What I’m Learning

Perspective from Christian leaders on “the best soul-care advice I’ve received (or given)”

Grace Beyond Burnout

Reading the warning signs and embracing hope

Mindy Caliguire: The Interview

Willow Creek’s Mindy Caliguire relates her discipleship journey from striving to abiding

ALSO: How Christian higher education is adjusting to a changing culture;One Question with Bob Goff; Soulfires with Victor Marxx; and much more

Plus, in Each Issue of Outreach

PULSE: We take the pulse of outreach today as we report on what churches are doing to connect with their communities.

IDEAS: Church-tested ideas for seasonal and targeted ministries for any church, any size

VOICES: Trends and commentary on culture, faith and thought

COLUMNS: Perspective on outreach from Ed Stetzer, Dan Kimball, Bobby Gruenewald, Brad Powell, Eugene Cho and Brad Lomenick.

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James P. Long
James P. Longhttp://JamesPLong.com

James P. Long is the editor of Outreach magazine and is the author of a number of books, including Why Is God Silent When We Need Him the Most?

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