Articles for Topic: Clergy Self-Care

6 Ways to Safeguard Pastors

By Scott Musselman Pastors live in the midst of many people. But the secret is they are often lonely and depressed. Pastors suffer from a lack of friends. Be honest, if you are a pastor, are you lonely? If you go to church, do you think your pastor may be lonely? Not...

A Pastoral Paradox

Daily Episcopalian By Richard Helmer In a more provocative moment, I recently posted on Facebook that when confronted with the word “pastoral” I am increasingly tempted to wonder — if not ask out loud — if “co-dependent” is what is...

Staying Afloat Amid Information Overload

First published in Faith & Leadership 2011 By Edie Gross The flow of information never stops for the Rev. Dr. Todd Adams, the associate general minister and vice president in the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He fields up to 150...