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Food, rest, and a body that can keep up with the call.

31 articles
Your Brain is Part of Your Calling
Physical HealthOct 28, 2026

Your Brain is Part of Your Calling

Most pastors could quote Mark 12:30 in their sleep: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your.

Take Up Your Cross-Trainers
Physical HealthAug 26, 2026

Take Up Your Cross-Trainers

You spend your weeks tending to the people entrusted to you. You watch for signs of spiritual fatigue in others, you know the warning signs of a heart.

Crucial Vacations
Physical HealthJun 24, 2026

Crucial Vacations

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that only pastors know. It's not just the long hours or the emotional weight of walking with people through their.

Your Body Called. It Has Some Thoughts About Your Ministry.
Physical HealthJun 17, 2026

Your Body Called. It Has Some Thoughts About Your Ministry.

It Has Some Thoughts About Your

Emotional Rule of Life
Emotional HealthMay 20, 2026

Emotional Rule of Life

You may have heard of a Rule of Life, but have you ever considered creating an Emotional Rule of.

The Temple Needs Tending
Physical HealthMay 6, 2026

The Temple Needs Tending

Jesus said, “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matthew 26:41). It's a sobering reminder that our physical bodies and energy levels have a real.

The Fruit Nobody Talks About
Physical HealthApr 22, 2026

The Fruit Nobody Talks About

Of all the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5, self-control tends to get the least attention. We preach grace. We celebrate love and joy. But.

Charting Your Church's Path to a Great 2026
Spiritual LifeJan 7, 2026

Charting Your Church's Path to a Great 2026

As we step into this new year, you're likely carrying both the exhaustion of a busy Advent season and the quiet hope that accompanies fresh beginnings. January.

A Call to Steward Physical Health
Physical HealthJul 10, 2025

A Call to Steward Physical Health

Pastoral ministry is a sacred calling, but it often comes with an unseen cost. When bi-vocational work, shepherding a congregation, nurturing a family, and.