Dr. Amy Baker, author of the book Picture Perfect, talked with us recently about how perfectionists struggle when criticized, whether justly or unjustly. Her answers give pastors needed insight for counseling perfectionists who don’t handle criticism well or who need special encouragement to not resort to hopelessness. Why do perfectionists have trouble receiving … [Read more...]
Helping victims of domestic abuse
To understand domestic abuse properly, let’s start with the word abuse, which comes from the Latin word abutor, meaning “to use wrongly.” It also means “to insult, violate, tarnish, or walk on.” So domestic abuse, then, occurs when one partner in the home uses the other partner for wrong purposes. Anytime a human being uses another as a punching bag, a depository for rage, or … [Read more...]
Ministry to military personnel
Interviews with chaplains Major Jonette Englehardt and Colonel Ken Lawson How might you minister to the men and women in the US military? Those who serve our country in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard take a season of their lives to serve and protect us. Their lives inevitably involve sacrifice and stress. Consequently, they are likely to need a lot of … [Read more...]
I burned out at Saddleback Church
Lance Witt, who served twenty years as a senior pastor and six years as an executive/teaching pastor at Saddleback Church, shares insights on how pastors can prevent burnout and not make some of the same mistakes he feels he made. After leaving Saddleback, Lance started a ministry called Replenish to help pastors care for themselves as they do the work of ministry. He is now … [Read more...]
“Pastor, my husband’s addicted to pornography!”
A recent study shared that 47 percent of Christian men struggle with pornography, many of whom have a full-blown addiction to it. That’s almost half of the men in each congregation. The number is shocking. And while the church is making some strides in ministering to those men, not much effort is being made in ministering to their wives. For married men, the impact of an … [Read more...]
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