Articles for tag: Healthy Boundaries

January 1, 2024

Avoiding Leadership Burnout

By Jerry Harris All church leaders are dealing with stress right now. Stress can come from every area of our lives. You might be under pressure, facing big changes, feeling a lack of control, shouldering heavy responsibility, or feeling uncertain about the future. You might be facing multiple issues simultaneously or feeling the effects of past experiences. Your stress might be triggered by illness, injury, parenting, infertility, bereavement, abuse, marriage, divorce, relationships, or caregiving. You might have lost your job, or be seeking a new job, or just started in a new role. Perhaps you retired recently. You might be

April 30, 2012

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Youth & Children's Ministry

What I”ve Learned in 20-plus Years of Middle School Ministry

By Kurt Johnston My middle school ministry career began when I was 22 and trying to finish college. Over the years I”ve made a lot of mistakes, done a few things right, and learned a ton of lessons. In no particular order, here are some of the more significant lessons and aha moments I”ve experienced. God Is in Control I”m sure that, like me, you believe that. I”m also sure that, like me, your actions often betray that belief. But I”ve learned that I”m not smart enough, creative enough, savvy enough, or spiritual enough to manufacture the things that

August 1, 2010

Brad Dupray

Church Leadership Eldership

Interview with Derek Lauer

Derek Lauer reflects on pastoral ministry, stress, burnout, loneliness, vulnerability, and the essential role elders play in supporting ministers through difficult seasons.

August 1, 2010

Christian Standard

Care & Counseling

Burnout in Ministry

Ryan Conner examines ministry burnout, codependency, and the emotional toll of unhealthy expectations, pointing ministers and congregations toward self-care, boundaries, counseling, and healthier interdependency.