Self-Care: The journey from burnout to authenticity
Contents
IN FOCUS: Good-Enough Self-Care
Alban Institute consultant Jacqueline J. Lewis reminds clergy to head the true self
Committing to Mutuality
Pastor David J. Wood speaks with Eugene Peterson about how collaboration with the congregation is at the heart of self-care
Reaching Our Limits: Burnout or Transition?
Pastor Karen Minnich-Sadler encourages leaders to consider burnout in a different light
Great Expectations, Sobering Realities
Pastor and seminary professor Michael Jinkins reports the result of a recent study on clergy burnout
A Novel Kind of Sabbatical
Pastor and writer Dell Shiell proposes innovative ways to fund sabbaticals
FEATURES
The Abilene Paradox Goes to Church
Pastor Jerald L. Kirkpatrick says avoiding conflict can lead congregations to act against their own best interests
COLUMNS
THE LEADING EDGE
Alban Institute president James P. Wind offers an early analysis of the findings from the Duke Divinity School’s Pulpit and Pew Project
ASK ALBAN
Indianapolis Center for Congregations director John R. Wimmer suggests remedies for congregational stress
DEPARTMENTS
FIRST CLASS MAIL
PERSPECTIVES: When Clergy Get Cancer
Pastor Donna Schaper describes how an illness can teach clergy to leave behind old roles—and take on new ones
REVIEWS
LEARN MORE
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES
The How-To of Home Exchange
by Dell Shiell
Reflections on the Study of Clergy Burnout
by Michael Jinkins
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary’s clergy burnout survey results
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