In Exodus 18:18, we see Jethro talking to Moses about how to delegate leadership to others to support the Israelite people. I’m with Jethro on this. It is neither healthy nor helpful for you to do Pastoral Care alone. You are going to wear yourself out and...
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD the 17 page guide: 3 Steps to Building a Sustainable Care Ministry Recently I heard a pastor say that the church isn’t a crisis center. While I understand where they were coming from, because their church isn’t equipped to serve in that...
Emotions are meant to be felt – it’s just that simple. We are meant to notice them, feel them, process them, and learn from them. But processing emotions is difficult. It’s messy and uncomfortable. Processing emotions has physical, mental, and emotional...
When your a caregiver, like many pastors, missionaries and counsellors it’s as if we are wearing a backpack and as we hear of people’s sad and traumatic stories we are taking the weight of their stories and filling up our backpacks. At the end of the day, we are...
Download: 3 tips on how to say no with grace How many times have you been in a situation when someone is asking you to do something and you think” I really should say no but I feel bad” So are faced with a decision. Do you say no and feel guilty, or you say...
Resilience can feel like a buzz word. It sounds really good, what does it actually mean? And even harder is figuring out how to achieve it. It’s like the unicorn of well-being or actually achieving the allusive “work-life balance”. Super nice to say and...
