Category: Emotional Health

  • November 25, 2015
    The previous two blogs have been on the power of thanksgiving in your life and your freedom to touch others…

  • November 20, 2015
    THE FUN SIDE OF GRATITUDE In the last blog, I suggested a process to combat feelings of depression. There are…

  • November 18, 2015
    Hard work can get you down OK, admit it, when you are in a very  public position, work long hours,…

  • October 9, 2015
      Whining Doesn’t Help As pastors, all of us experience insults and behavior that causes us personal pain. I know…

  • September 26, 2014
    LONELINESS HAS ITS VALUE I have explored some of the toxic features of the loneliness experienced by pastors, but here…

  • September 24, 2014
    A UNIVERSAL LONGING There is something in human nature that yearns to be part of something more. Even if you…

  • August 20, 2014
    (CONTINUING TO LOOK AT VULNERABILITY AND ANXIETY FROM TED TALK BY BRENE' BROWN as applied to the pastorate.) HIDING FROM…

  • October 30, 2013
    OVERCOMING MOMENTS OF LONELINESS   Do you have brief moments of loneliness in the midst of your overcommitted, stressful life?…

  • October 28, 2013
    QUALITY PASTORS GET LONELY A major challenge for quality pastors is how to handle the loneliness inherent in the pastorate.…

  • October 2, 2013
    BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT FUN Because of our schedules, we have to be intentional about finding time to be with someone…