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- November 28, 2012
Psalm 22 provides a biblical template for responding to the emotionally stressful atmosphere around us in a spiritually healthy way.…
, - November 26, 2012
We have just passed through the season of Thanksgiving. The power of praise and thanksgiving as an antibody to the…
, - November 21, 2012
In my last blog, I spoke of the importance of naming your feelings and begin to place your emotional experience…
, - November 19, 2012
When you have had a traumatic experience, or sympathetically shared in the trauma of another person, the feelings can be…
, - November 16, 2012
A key antibody that resists the toxic atmosphere in which we must live is the maintenance of a sense of…
, - November 14, 2012
A third part of developing your antibodies, is developing some clarity as to the limits of your ministry. The integrity…
, - November 12, 2012
A challenge for ministry is that frequently you are asked to hear and respond to other people's pain, then drink…
, - November 9, 2012
When you are listening to another person intensely while they are sharing their pain, it is natural that your own…
, - November 7, 2012
While there are certainly traumatic events that a pastor experiences in exercising the ministry, a less obvious but very real…
, - November 5, 2012
We have heard a lot about PTS or Post Traumatic Stress among those who have returned from serving in the…
, - November 2, 2012
One of the intriguing and challenging statements that I heard at the recent Compassion Fatigue Conference was that "Disease is…
, - October 31, 2012
Tomorrow is All Saints Day. Many churches choose the Sunday nearest to that day, in this case probably November 4,…
, - October 29, 2012
I have just completed offering a Webinar, in conjunction with The Presbyterian Outlook called "Teaming With your Clergy." I've watched…
, , - October 26, 2012
I have been asked to speak at a banquet for a local church who is planning to build a new…
, - October 24, 2012
While I was at the Compassion fatigue conference put on by PPCN, I picked up a little brochure put out…
, - October 22, 2012
I am pleased to announce that I have just released my creative non-fiction book on a twenty-year journey in joining…