Kevin Howse
Kevin Howse is a lecturer in the theology department, Newbold College, Bracknell, England.
When the Pastor Burns Out
Has your sense of pastoral duty caused you to overdraw on your inner resources to the point that your ministry is facing bankruptcy?
Feeding the sheep or guarding the goats?
The youth pastor has a difficult balancing act to accomplish. He is expected to spiritually nurture the religiously inclined young people while at the same time running a program that will appeal to the restive youth who are on their way out of the church. And he must do both without alienating the adult members!
The nonproductive pastor
Upon beginning our ministry we feel that we can conquer the world, and we set out in a whirlwind of activity to prove it. Later in our ministry we feel that the world has conquered us, and our level of productivity begins to prove it. How can we avoid becoming just another mortality statistic among clergy failures? If we are an administrator, how can we infuse new life into a pastor who has become paralyzed with inactivity? The counsel offered here is invaluable.