Category: Emotional Health

  • March 2, 2012
    The church statistics are overwhelming that the drop out of clergy in the first five years is increasing exponentially. It…
  • March 1, 2012
    An Examination of Loneliness A major challenge for good pastors is how to handle the loneliness inherent in the pastorate.…
  • February 29, 2012
    Once we have acknowledged the challenge of loneliness in the pastorate, we need to identify some additional steps in coping…
  • February 28, 2012
    As a basis for this reflection, let me tie together two separate passages. The first is from Genesis 2:18, "Then…
  • February 27, 2012
    What most members and society do not recognize with respect to the role of clergy is the sheer loneliness that…
  • January 27, 2012
    Paul's advice to not let the sun go down on our anger confronts the danger of nurturing anger within us…
  • January 26, 2012
    A major reality that we have to confront in what we might call an age of anger is the fact…
  • January 18, 2012
    With your list compiled from yesterday's instructions, now begin to examine your list. Don't try to do this next part…
  • January 17, 2012
    Yesterday I talked about Rollo May's concept of the demons in us being he daimons or natural urges getting out…
  • January 16, 2012
    Rollo May was a very important influence in my early ministry. In one of his books, he analyzed the word…