March 1986 Issue
Ministerial burnout-cause and prevention
Winton H. Beaven
Burnout is becoming common in the ministry because of added stress. But it is a wholly preventable and curable problem. Ministers and administrators need to work together to prevent it.
Burnout is becoming common in the ministry because of added stress. But it is a wholly preventable and curable problem. Ministers and administrators need to work together to prevent it.An ounce of prevention
Richard A. Hansen
Maintaining optimum health can be a real challenge for pastors in particular. How can you get adequate sleep, exercise, and a proper diet? And how can you fight off the germs you encounter in a day of visiting?
Maintaining optimum health can be a real challenge for pastors in particular. How can you get adequate sleep, exercise, and a proper diet? And how can you fight off the germs you encounter in a day of visiting?The key to weight control
Donna Patt
The spas aren't doing it. The diet plans of the land fail to reduce the rotund. Discover how God's plan can help you make lasting behavior-and figure-changes.
The spas aren't doing it. The diet plans of the land fail to reduce the rotund. Discover how God's plan can help you make lasting behavior-and figure-changes.Sickness in a Bottle Part 2
Tim Pierce
How do you tell an alcoholic he's an alcoholic when he denies that there is a problem? The concluding segment of this article provides strategies for active intervention to help an alcoholic recover.
How do you tell an alcoholic he's an alcoholic when he denies that there is a problem? The concluding segment of this article provides strategies for active intervention to help an alcoholic recover.How to break free from smoking
Stoy Proctor
It's hard to break the smoking habit. Whether you yourself need to stop or are trying to help others kick the habit, you'll find this fourteen-step plan useful.
It's hard to break the smoking habit. Whether you yourself need to stop or are trying to help others kick the habit, you'll find this fourteen-step plan useful.Taking stress in stride
Petra Sukau
Once you discover what your greatest causes of stress are, you can begin to deal with them and limit your stress level. Your sources of stress may lie closer to home than you imagine.
Once you discover what your greatest causes of stress are, you can begin to deal with them and limit your stress level. Your sources of stress may lie closer to home than you imagine.Unhealed wounded healers
Larry Yeagley
Who heals the physician? Who heals the minister's wounds? Where does he turn for support? The author suggests solutions that both pastors and church administrators need to note.
Who heals the physician? Who heals the minister's wounds? Where does he turn for support? The author suggests solutions that both pastors and church administrators need to note.The church, the courts, and the clergy
Mitchell A. Tyner
Should church administrators expect the government to examine their every hiring or firing move? In the United States, at least, the courts say the time for that has not yet come.
Should church administrators expect the government to examine their every hiring or firing move? In the United States, at least, the courts say the time for that has not yet come.When holy is whole
J.R. Spangler
Clergy and medical personnel agree that the mind influences the body and vice versa. They believe that an intimate relationship exists between mind, body, and spirit, and they support the concept of the indivisibility of man. Nonetheless, when we speak of health, most…