IF YOU ARE A GOOD PASTOR, OR IF YOU KNOW ONE
Have you thought about why the ministry of the best pastors have significant features of loneliness in their lives?
The best pastors experience unique forms of loneliness because:
Pastors know painful secrets of people they cannot share
Pastors are present at tender, even intimate moments that are private
Pastors give support to others in trauma, tragedy, and death but bear it alone
Pastors are judged by a variety of conflicting criticism as public figure
Pastors are expected to balance the integrity of their belief with what pleases main constituency
Pastors are caught between needs of congregation and needs of their family
Pastors work long hours, experience roller coaster of emotions, and receive modest pay
A COMPANY OF PASTORS
A Company of Pastors offers a fresh approach to overcoming the loneliness inherent in the lives of religious leaders. The book offers a two-year framework of prophetic witness against all the pressures and a fresh opportunity to rediscover the support of the beloved community as an antidote to the toxic isolation so frequent among clergy. Like parables in the Bible, this book uses fictional stories drawn from the lives of clergy that can enable pastors to analyze together the stresses and challenges of their calling.
YOU CAN GIVE YOURSELF OR OTHER PASTORS A FREE COPY OF A COMPANY OF PASTORS BY CLICKING ON bit.ly/CompanyofPastors July 17, 18, or 19 and telling others to do the same.
