Tag: Burnout

Where you are burned out, and you’re just desperately craving some real comfort, Jesus breaks himself into a feast for you, so that you can savor and taste and see that the Lord is good, and your heart can burn with hope within you again.

Scripture is full of biblical characters who, by God’s grace, found victory amid difficult circumstances.

When burnout happens from a calling, it’s not simply, "I don’t like what I am doing anymore," which is a terrible problem. It’s, "I don’t know who I am anymore."

Our world desperately needs people who are marked by inner peace, who can carry the shalom of God. It's almost hard to remember somebody in your life who was a non-anxious presence. As we become the kinds of people whose deep rootedness in God in real time is on display, what could happen?

Don’t wait until you’re concerned about your health, disengaged from your family or resentful toward your congregants to make a change.

“Activity is not the same as productivity. We need to figure out what the right things are.”

Addressing the chronic stress that is burning many pastors out

Many youth leaders get discouraged and quit because they don’t have a vision worth staying for or, if they do have a vision, a strategy for accomplishing it.