Has the Pandemic Made Your Pastor Want to Quit? Probably.

 

CHRISTA CORDOVA, Christianity Today

 

Thessalonians 5:12-13 says: “And now, friends, we ask you to honor those leaders, who work so hard for you, who have been given the responsibility of urging and guiding you along in your obedience. Overwhelm them with appreciation and love”

 

Develop a lament practice.

·  Developing a lament practice builds hope

·  Psalms of lament stay with us and give us a sense that God remains with us in and through difficulties

·  Psalm 13 (Example)

How long Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle

with my thoughts  and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?” 

 

Discern your rest deficiencies.

·  Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith designed a rest survey that shows your rest deficiencies
HERE'S THE LINK WE TALKED ABOUT:  https://www.restquiz.com/quiz/rest-quiz-test/

·  The lack of rest shows up in your performance at work
 

Determine a restorative schedule

·  Look at your calendar

·  Revise your workload and activities to allow for healthy, sustainable work - life rhythms

·  Pastor Rick Warren uses a plan that includes diverting daily to something that brings joy and do it. Withdraw weekly

 

Delegate Responsibilities

·  Dietrich Bonhoeffer encourages pastors to given the pride associated with having control

·  He encourages training lay ministries

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