A Guide to Ministry Self-Care
A Guide to Ministry Self-Care

Author: Richard P. Olson

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-09-10

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1538107996

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Ministry has never been an easy path, and the challenges of today’s changing church landscape only heighten the stress and burn-out of congregational leaders. A Guide to Ministry Self-Care offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of both the causes of stress and strategies for effective self-care. Written for both new and long-time ministers, the book draws on current research and offers practical and spiritual insights into building and maintaining personal health and sustaining ministry long term. The book addresses a wide range of life situations and explores many forms of self-care, from physical and financial to relational and spiritual.

Self-ministry Through Self-understanding
Self-ministry Through Self-understanding

Author: Robert J. Wicks

Publisher: Loyola Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780829406924

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Self-Ministry, or the pastoral care of the self, is a growing concern among Christians everywhere who want to know how they can keep their own emotional fires burning while extending their warmth to others. This book is a unique attempt to integrate psychological methods of self-examination with spiritual principles of discernment.

Self-supporting Ministry
Self-supporting Ministry

Author: John Lees

Publisher: SPCK

Published: 2018-04-19

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0281078467

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Self-supporting ministers are wonderfully non-standard. They are deployed in a wide variety ofways and have a range of motivations, working patterns and training needs. Sometimes underused or overworked, they may feel unrecognized and under-supported. As the Church turns increasingly to its volunteer minsters, however, there are encouraging signs that SSMs are being given more creative opportunities than in the past. ‘This handbook is full of sound common sense. . . [it] is both an encouragement and a challenge in the task of re-imagining ministry today.’ Robert Atwell, Bishop of Exeter

Resilient Ministry
Resilient Ministry

Author: Bob Burns

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2012-11-30

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 083086461X

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Why does one well-equipped, well-meaning person in ministry succeed while another fails? Bob Burns, Tasha Chapman and Donald Guthrie undertook a five-year intensive research project on the frontlines of pastoral ministry to answer that question. What they found was nothing less than the DNA of thriving ministry today.

Preventing Ministry Failure
Preventing Ministry Failure

Author: Michael Todd Wilson

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 0830896864

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Brad Hoffman and Michael Todd Wilson present this workbook designed to be used by people in vocational ministry, alongside their peers, to safeguard them from burnout, moral failure and spiritual exhaustion.

Self-Care
Self-Care

Author: Ray S. Anderson

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1610970594

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Life is not user-friendly, we all need some instructions along the way. But Self-Care is not just another self-help book. This is a book about the self, first of all, and then how that self, endowed by God with a divine image, can experience self-worth, emotional health, and a strong and vital faith in the face of life's inevitable and irrational pain and suffering. Self-Care goes beyond recovery from abuse and dysfunction. It is the realization of God's gift of personal empowerment and spiritual healing. The most difficult textbook is life itself, one that none of us can avoid reading and interpreting. This book will serve as a guide to interpret the text of life given to each of us and lead to more effective and creative living.

Rest in the Storm
Rest in the Storm

Author: Kirk Byron Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780817018184

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A best-seller among seminarians and seasoned leaders alike, this 20th anniversary edition offers updated and expanded content for readers familiar with the original as well as those new to the work. In both modest and substantial additions throughout, the expanded edition also features a new Author's Introduction, two fresh chapters on "Cultivating Meaningful Friendships" and "Unleashing Dynamic Creativity," and two original sermons, "Living at a Sacred Pace" and "Stopping, Stepping Back, and Stepping Up Stronger"!

The Spiritual Leader's Guide to Self-Care
The Spiritual Leader's Guide to Self-Care

Author: Rochelle Melander

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2002-02-01

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1566996759

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As spiritual guides, clergy and lay leaders alike often find themselves in need of direction about how to make changes in their personal life and ministry. Rarely, however, do they find a book that presents self-care as an integral part of being a spiritual leaders. The Spiritual Leader’s Guide to Self-Care gives readers the tools to discern God's intention for their lives and to be faithful to that vision through proper self-care. Arranged in 52 chapters, one for each week of the year, the guide addresses seven themes: Creating a Life Vision, Caring for Yourself at Work, Nurturing Your Relationships Caring for Your Spirit and Body,Caring for Your Finances, Caring for Your Intellect, and Sustaining a Life Vision. Included are journal writing suggestions, personal reflection questions and activities, guidance for sharing the discovery process with another person, an activity for the coming week, and suggested further resources, such as novels, videos, and Web sites

Clergy Renewal
Clergy Renewal

Author: Richard Bullock

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2000-04-01

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 156699487X

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Planned time away from the parish for study, rest, and spiritual renewal can be beneficial-and often necessary-for any pastor, as well as for the congregation. In this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Alban’s popular Sabbatical Planning for Clergy and Congregations, Bullock and Bruesehoff provide the definitive guide to putting together refreshing pastoral sabbaticals that can help keep ministry vital and growing for the long term

Caring Ministry
Caring Ministry

Author: Sarah A. Butler

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1999-03-01

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 0826421512

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The Caring Ministry program was developed by the Pastoral Care Team at St. John as Episcopal Cathedral in Denver, Colorado, to train lay people in basic pastoral skills. Its premise is that there is no better way to cultivate a receptive posture toward others than by practicing listening to God. The Caring Ministry Approach thus combines basic pastoral skills and guidelines along with an emphasis on being grounded in prayer. It invites both clergy and lay ministers to deepen the well of relationship with God as a means to developing a caring, listening heart. The text weds expertise with reflection and draws up the rich stories and lessons from scripture that add the spark of wisdom and grace to psychological programs. It is particularly suited for use in church-based pastoral care programs.